Hi there,
Here's one recommended method
Configuring an Announcement-Only Mailbox
Beginning in version 7.1, you can configure announcement-only mailboxes. These mailboxes can play the user greeting and disconnect the call only; they cannot take any messages from callers or send messages.
Announcement-only mailboxes enable you to:
•
Perform any operations that can be performed on a greeting in personal mailboxes, such as recording or deleting.
•Use all the new greeting types introduced by the multiple greeting feature. For more information, see the Configuring Multiple Greetings.
•Configure a General Delivery Mailbox as an announcement-only mailbox.
Also, announcement-only mailboxes:
•Cannot be part of everyone's list (9999)
•Are counted against the mailbox license
•Have a default size of 5 minutes when they are created, but the default size can be modified later
Because announcement-only mailboxes cannot send or receive messages, you cannot:
•Create distribution lists for them
•Configure notification devices for them
Therefore announcement-only mailboxes cannot:
•Have messages addressed to them
•Have notifications cascaded to them
•Receive broadcast messages
Subscribers can log in to announcement-only mailboxes using either the TUI, VVE, or IMAP. However, there is no reason to use IMAP to log into announcement-only mailboxes because they do not contain messages.
The following features are available only for personal mailboxes and cannot be used with announcement-only mailboxes:
•Message expiration time
•Message size
•Fax configuration
The following operations are available only for personal mailboxes in the TUI and VVE and cannot be used with announcement-only mailboxes:
•Playing new, saved, or deleted messages
•Sending messages
•Setting message parameters, such as configuration lists or notification devices
SUMMARY STEPS
1. configure terminal
2. voice mailbox owner name type announcement-only [size seconds]
3. end
4. show voicemail detail mailbox name
DETAILED STEPS
| # | # Command or Action | # Purpose |
|---|---|---|
| # Step 1 | # configure terminal #Example: #se-10-0-0-0# configure terminal | # Enters configuration mode. |
| # Step 2 | # voice mailbox owner name type announcement-only se-10-0-0-0(config)# voice mailbox owner user-8 type announcement-only size 60 | # Creates a mailbox that cannot be used to leave messages. It can only be used to make announcements. |
| # Step 3 | # end #Example: #se-10-0-0-0(config)# end | # Exits to privileged EXEC mode. |
| # Step 4 | # show voicemail detail mailbox name #Example: #se-10-0-0-0# show voicemail detail mailbox user-8 | # (Optional) Displays information about a mailbox. |
Examples
The following is sample output from the show voicemail detail mailbox command:
e-10-0-0-0# show voicemail detail mailbox User-8
Owner: /sw/local/users/User-8
Type: Announcement Only
Description: User1 mailbox
Busy state: idle
Enabled: true
Allow login without pin: no
Mailbox Size (seconds): 300
Play Tutorial: false
Space Used (seconds): 17
So, you need CUE 7.1 to fully accomplish this.
Cheers!
Rob
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