Specifications

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The “.CUS” Files
The insured Notify feature is set in the options.cus system configuration file. The Notify
keyword has some new extensions to control the insurance mode. The general format is as
follows:
Notify [Old/Or] [IdNone/IdGroup/IdAll] [CheckInsure] [InsureTime hhh InsureSlots nnn]
CheckInsure tells the paging terminal to see if a Notify mode subscriber also has an
Insurance mode entry. If the subscriber does have Insure mode, then it is used to insure the
display message (instead of Notify mode). The Insure mode is hidden from the
subscriber's PageSaver access menu so they cannot switch to Insure mode accidentally.
This keyword is used when either:
• all notify subscribers are not getting display messages insured (or)
• some Notify subscribers get more display messages saved than others
InsureTime <hours> sets the maximum length of time that a subscriber can save a display
message in their mailbox. InsureSlots <number> sets the maximum number of display
messages that a subscriber can save in their mailbox. To assign a default display insurance
mode to all Notify subscribers, add these two keywords. These two keywords must be
used together and both of their values must be specified.
Note that when a subscriber’s display mailbox is full, new display messages will still be
saved and the oldest message will be erased. The voice message limit that is set under
Notify remains the same. The voice mailbox will not take new messages when it is full.
The three new keywords interact to form four possible modes of operation for Notify
display insurance. Table 40 shows each combination and its effects.
Table 40: Overdialed Display Message Insurance Settings
As Table 40 illustrates, there are several different applications of the insured Notify mode.
The questions to ask when deciding which Notify settings to use are:
• Which subscribers do you want to have overdialed display messages insured?
• All subscribers with Notify mode?
• Just those subscribers with Notify and Insure modes?
• None of the subscribers?
OPTIONS.CUS Notify
Setting
Can Switch To
Insure Mode?
Overdialed Display Message Results
none yes not insured for any Notify subscribers
- old way things worked
InsureTime + InsureSlots yes insured for Notify + Insure subscribers
insured for Notify-only subscribers
CheckInsure no insured for Notify + Insure subscribers
not insured for Notify-only subscribers
InsureTime + InsureSlots +
CheckInsure
no insured for Notify + Insure subscribers
insured for Notify-only subscribers