Macalester
Voicemail flowchart
Voicemail Menu Flowchart (PDF)
Voicemail features
- Voicemail messages are synced between your voice mailbox and your Macalester email.
- When someone leaves you a voice message, an mp3 file attachment of the message will also appear in your email.
- Messages marked as read in your email will make the voicemail light on your phone go out.
- Delete a voice message via your phone and its corresponding email will also be deleted.
- Delete a voice message from your email and its corresponding voice mailbox message will also be deleted.
- Move a voicemail message from your email inbox and the voicemail is deleted from your phone’s voice mailbox.
- All voicemail messages will be labeled with the email ▶ UC ◀ label, which has been automatically created for you. Look for archived voicemail messages under the ▶ UC ◀ label.
- No storage limit.
- Set an extended absence greeting and change your location to block messages.
Access voicemail from a telephone
Log in from your campus phone
- Press Message or dial 6666.
- Enter your voicemail password.
Log in from any campus phone
- Press Message or dial 6666.
- Listen for phrase and respond accordingly:
Enter your password: * (star) or
Unified Communications: # (pound sign) - Enter your 4-digit mailbox number.
- Enter your password.
Log in from off campus
- Dial 651-696-6666.
- Press # (pound sign).
- Enter your 4-digit mailbox number.
- Enter your password.
Access voicemail from your email inbox
Macalester’s Google-integrated voicemail system gives you more flexibility in receiving and retrieving voicemail messages. You can continue to check your messages by calling into your voice mailbox; or you can listen to voice messages in your Macalester email.
- Log into your Macalester email account.
- Locate email messages with the subject Voice Message From: [Full Name], 6XXX.
- Click the VoiceMsg.mp3 file to listen to the voicemail message.
- Voicemail messages will automatically be tagged with the ▶ UC ◀ (unified communication) label.
Access voicemail from web client
Web access to manage call settings, extended absence greeting location, and self-service password reset. The voicemail web client is only available from the on-campus network.