Before you leave for vacation or other extended absence, it is important to set an alternate greeting on your Voicemail for people who may phone in your absence. The alternate greeting should include
- The dates during which you will be out of the office.
- Whether or not you will be checking your voice mail during this period.
- The name of another staff member or department phone number that can be contacted in your absence.
You also have the option of setting an automatic expiry date for the temporary greeting.
To change your greetings from a phone
- Log on to Cisco Unity.
- Press 4 1.
- Press # to skip hearing your current greeting.
- Press 3 to edit settings for your other greetings.
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- Important: Standard and Alternate are the default greeting types. Do not set up any other greetings such as Closed, Busy, or Internal.
5. Use the following keys to select the greeting that you want to change:
| Key | Task |
| 1 | Standard greeting |
| 3 | Alternate greeting |
6. After Cisco Unity plays the greeting, use the following keys to change it:
| Key | Task |
|---|---|
| 1 | (Re)record |
| 2 | Use system greeting |
| 3 | Enable/Disable greeting |
| * | Cancel or back up |
| 0 | Help |
If you rerecord your greeting, use the following keys as you record:
| Key | Task |
|---|---|
| 8 | Pause or resume |
| # | End recording |