AT&T 3.0 Telephone User Manual


 
MERLIN MAIL
Considerations
You cannot connect MERLIN MAIL Voice Messaging System to a system
operating in Behind Switch mode.
MERLIN MAIL Voice Messaging System is available in 2-port and 4-port
configurations. Both models have four hours of message storage capacity.
You can use up to eight jacks on a 012 basic telephone module for
.
MERLIN MAIL. If you use all eight jacks for MERLIN MAIL, you cannot connect
any other devices to the module.
When using fewer than eight jacks, you can use the remaining jacks for
tip/ring devices.
When a mailbox user receives voice mail messages, the Message LEDs
on
his or her telephone is on,
assigned to that mailbox.
Trunks to be answered by
far-end disconnect.
provided that a physical telephone has been
MERLIN MAIL should be programmed for reliable
Callers who dial from rotary telephones cannot use MERLIN MAIL features.
The system may need more touch-tone receivers if:
Single-line telephone users do not get a dial tone.
MERLIN MAIL fails to transfer calls.
Calls fail to ring or go to coverage prematurely.
Message-waiting lights fail to light.
MERLIN MAIL and AT&T Attendant should not be used on the same system.
Programming of MERLIN MAIL is through a touch-tone interface.
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