Keeping in Touch:

Meridian Voice Mail Services for U-M Faculty & Staff

R1092, File 6 of 7.

Advanced Mailbox Features

Staying in the System After Leaving a Message

After you have called a Meridian Mail user and left a message, you can instantly retrieve your messages without hanging up and dialing the Meridian Mail access number again.
  1. Indicate that you have finished recording a message by pressing #.

    NOTE: You are still connected to Meridian Mail.

  2. Press 81.

    "Mailbox?"

  3. You can now log on to your mailbox as usual. (See Logging On to Retrieve Messages. Follow the instructions for logging on from your own U-M telephone or logging on from another telephone.)

    NOTE: You can check messages in multiple mailboxes by using the same commands.

Distribution Lists

 A distribution list is a list of frequently used mailbox numbers. You can create up to nine personal distribution lists, each containing up to 99 entries.
NOTE: Only phone numbers that are part of the Meridian Mail system can be stored in distribution lists.

Sometimes you may want to leave the same message for everyone in your department. For example, you may need to alert everyone that a meeting has been canceled. In order to do this, you need to create a distribution list.

Creating a Personal Distribution List

First, access your mailbox by logging on to the Meridian Mail System. See Getting Started With Voice Mail for instructions.

  1. Press 85.

    "Distribution list. Enter the distribution list number followed by number sign (#)."

  2. Enter a number from 1-9 to identify the distribution list, followed by #.

    "Distribution List (number)."

  3. Press 5.

    "Compose distribution list."

  4. Enter 7-digit mailbox numbers you want to include in this distribution list, following each entry with #.

    If you need to delete the previously entered address in the list:

    Press 0 # (zero, number sign).

    "Address (number) canceled."

  5. When the list is complete, press #.

Checking the Contents of a Personal Distribution List

From your Meridian mailbox:

  1. Press 85.

    "Distribution list. Enter the distribution list number followed by number sign (#)."

  2. Enter the number of the distribution list you want to use followed by #.

    "Distribution list (number)."

  3. Press 2.

    "Distribution list (number). (Names or phone numbers.) End of distribution list."

You will hear the contents of the personal distribution list you created.

Leaving a Message for the Members of Your Personal Distribution List

When you would normally enter a sequence of mailbox numbers, enter the distribution list number(s), followed by #. (See Composing a Message.)

Deleting a Distribution List

If you need to delete a previously entered distribution list number:

  1. Press 85.

    "Distribution list. Enter the distribution list numbers followed by number sign (#)."

  2. Enter the number of the list to be canceled, then press #.

  3. Enter 0 # (zero, number sign).

    "Address (list number) canceled."

Changing a Distribution List

If changes need to be made to a list:

  1. Press 85.

    "Distribution list. Enter the distribution list numbers followed by number sign (#)."

  2. Enter the number of the list to be changed, then press #.

  3. Delete the old list by pressing 76.

  4. Create a new list.

Please Remember to Log Out

When you finish using Meridian Mail, log out by pressing 83.

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