15 Shared Voicemail

How to access call group voicemail in some instances, extensions or groups within your company may share a voicemail box. An example would be a voicemail assigned to the main company telephone number, the Virtual Receptionist, the Ring Group, or the Call Queue. There are various ways a shared voicemail box can be used. Here are some examples:
Example A: In this example, there is one companywide voicemail box accessed when a caller calls the main number, reaches the Auto Attendant, and Presses 5 to leave a message OR if either group (Sales or IT) does not answer.
15.1 Creating a Shared Voicemail
In the PortSIP PBX Web Portal, select "Call Manager > Advanced Services > Shared Voicemail" and click the "Add" button
Now enter the below fields:
Extension Number – This number identifies the shared voicemail from other extensions, also known as the anShared Voicemail Number. Specify a new one as needed. Do not specify an existing extension number
Display Name – Enter a friendly name for the shared voicemail
Prompt Language – Select the prompt language
Pin Number – Set a voicemail box password
Email – Set an email used to receive the notifications
Voicemail PIN Authentication - If this option is turned on, the PBX will verify the voicemail box PIN when the user access this shared voicemail box
Send email when receiving a voicemail  - Set email notifications to send or not when have a new voice message
15.2 Redirect Call to Shared Voicemail
For the below scenarios, we can redirect the call to a shared voicemail.
Call Queue
Redirect the unanswered queue call to a shared voicemail.
Ring Group
Redirect the unanswered ring group call to a shared voicemail.
Virtual Receptionist
Redirect the unanswered virtual receptionist call to a shared voicemail.
Extension
Redirect the call to a shared voicemail.
Inbound Rule
Redirect the inbound call to a shared voicemail.
15.3 How to Access Shared Voicemail
To access shared voicemail from an IP phone, app: 
From any IP phone or client APP, dial *56 followed by the shared voicemail number. At the greeting, press the key to enter the voicemail PIN. 
To access shared voicemail from the PBX Web Portal:
In the PortSIP PBX Web Portal, select "Call Manager > Advanced Services > Shared Voicemail", double click a shared voicemail, select a shared voicemail then click the "Edit" button, and click the "Voicemail" page.
In the voicemails list, you can download, play, or delete the voicemails.

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