How to Use Student Voice Mail Service
Welcome
Welcome to Stanford voice mail! This online guide includes instructions for setting up your voice mailbox and for using its many convenient features.
If you're just getting started, please complete the step-by-step initialization procedure now to assure that callers can leave messages for you and your roommates and that you can get any messages left for you.
Once you've set up your mailbox, you can use the following links to get instructions:
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connect to your mailbox
check for messages
listen to messages
change your password
change your greeting
Specifications for "One Mailbox" Service
Forwarding
Your unanswered calls are forwarded to your mailbox after four (4) rings. Callers who dial your number while you are using your phone are forwarded to your group mailbox immediately or, if you have Call Waiting, after four rings if you choose to ignore the notification tones.
Greetings
Your mailbox allows two types of greetings:
- You can record a personal greeting up to 45 seconds in length that callers hear when forwarded to your mailbox.
- You can override your personal greeting (without erasing it) with a temporary "extended absence greeting" and later return to your original greeting.
Message Storage
Your mailbox has these message storage capabilities:
- You may have up to 15 messages in your mailbox at one time.
- Each message can be up to two (2) minutes in length.
- Unless you delete them, messages are stored for 24 days from the day they were received.
Other Features
Your mailbox also has these other capabilities:
- Distribution Lists - You can create up to 5 distribution lists with up to 25 Stanford voice mail users for mass distribution of a message.
- Guest Mailboxes - You can create up to three guest mailboxes that allow you to leave messages in a special location of your own mailbox which can then be retrieved by someone who is not a Stanford voice mail subscriber.
