Using an alternate greeting
The alternate greeting allows you to record a special "out of office" greeting without overwriting your normal greeting. You can also set an end date so that your voicemail reverts back to your normal greeting(s).

To record and activate the alternate greeting

1. Log into the voicemail system as you would normally. From your office, push the messages key on your desk phone. From off campus, you can call your own number and - when the voicemail picks up - press the * [star or asterisk] key.
   
2. At the prompt, select "4" for setup options
   
3. When prompted again, select "1" for greetings. The current active greeting will play. In most cases, this will be the standard greeting. Remember that you can press "#" to skip the playing of the active greeting
   
4. Once more, at the prompt select "2" for alternate greeting.
   
5. The next prompt will allow you to set an end-date for the alternate greeting. Option "1" will set an end-date. Select "2" for no end-date.
   
6. Set the end date according to the prompts.
   
7. Once the end-date is set, the current alternate greeting will play. When prompted, option "1" will allow you to re-record the alternate greeting. Press "#" when you are finished recording your greeting.
   

For short
The system allows you to speed type options into it, meaning that if you know what the prompt will say, you need not wait to hear it. Here are some strings that you might find useful:

• To activate and record the alternate greeting to end tomorrow at 8:00am: 41#211800#1#1#
  
• To activate and record the alternate greeting to end one week from today at 10:00am: 41#2171000#1#1#
  
• To deactivate the alternate greeting: 41#2