User guide

1. Introduction
Introduction 1-1
Chapter 1 Introduction
The PhoneMail voice-messaging system is a valuable telephone
communication tool that lets you send, receive, store, and forward voice
messages from any telephone, and transfer to any fax server connected to
the host telephone system.
You call the PhoneMail system to listen to your messages and to send
messages to other PhoneMail system subscribers. The PhoneMail system
gives you audio prompts to help you select from many options.
The PhoneMail system saves voice messages in
mailboxes
. Figure 1-1
shows an overview of a PhoneMail system with internal and external
callers, mailboxes, and another (optional) voice messaging system.
Mailboxes
Your PhoneMail
System
Mailboxes
Internal
PhoneMail
Users
External
PhoneMail
Users
Messages
Distribution lists
Personal greetings
Passwords
Option settings
Typical Mailbox
Contents
telephone lines
Figure 1-1. Overview of the PhoneMail System, Mailboxes, and Users
Other PhoneMail
Systems or Voice
Messaging
System
s