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* Press 2 to hear a message
 
* Press 2 to hear a message
 
* and 76 to delete it
 
* and 76 to delete it
* Press 4 to back up one message in the queue, and 6 to skip forward one message. Tapping 1 will skip back in a long message you're listening to; 3 skips forward.  
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* Press 4 to back up one message in the queue, and 6 to skip forward one message. Tapping 1 will skip back 5 seconds and tapping 3 skips forward 5 seconds.  
* There's voice help which you can get by dialing *
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* There are recorded instructions for each sub-menu by pressing *
  
  
You probably want to put a personal hello message on your voice mail. To deal with your greetings you press 82. Press 1 for your external greeting and 2 for the internal one At that point you can listen to a greeting by pressing 2; re-record it by pressing 5, talking, and pressing # when you've finished; and erase it with 76. (It plays the external greeting for everybody if you don't record an internal one.)
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You should record a personal greeting to your voice mail. To deal with your greetings you press 80, then press 4 for your Standard Greeting or press 6 for your Out of Office greetingAt that point you can listen to a greeting by pressing 2; re-record it by pressing 5, talking, and pressing # when you've finished; and erase it with 76.
 
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Brief instructions about holding calls, forwarding, conference calls and other fancy stuff are on pages 2-3 of the little campus phone booklet. The complete manual for the voice mail system and lots of other information about setting up telephone message distribution lists and so on is at http://www.evergreen.edu/telecom/voicemail.htm
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Revision as of 12:39, 27 June 2023

Please see the official Telecommunications website for complete instructions.

Voicemail Quick Reference Guide (PDF)

On Faculty and staff phones

  • Push the Message button (on a black phone) or dial 6480 from an almond phone to access the voicemail system.
  • Press 2 to hear a message
  • and 76 to delete it
  • Press 4 to back up one message in the queue, and 6 to skip forward one message. Tapping 1 will skip back 5 seconds and tapping 3 skips forward 5 seconds.
  • There are recorded instructions for each sub-menu by pressing *.


You should record a personal greeting to your voice mail. To deal with your greetings you press 80, then press 4 for your Standard Greeting or press 6 for your Out of Office greeting. At that point you can listen to a greeting by pressing 2; re-record it by pressing 5, talking, and pressing # when you've finished; and erase it with 76.