# Add an Alternate Pager to an Existing Mailbox

You can add an alternate pager to an existing pager mailbox. If your pager mailbox is unsuccessful at contacting your primary pager after the frequency or "busy attempts" parameters have expired, the server attempts to contact any programmed alternate pager.

To add an alternate pager to an existing mailbox:

1. From the Main Menu, select (M) Mailbox Maintenance.

2. Select (M) Modify Mailboxes and enter the mailbox number to modify.

3. Press Enter until the applicable Message Waiting Type prompt (#1 or #2) appears. Enter 5.

4. Press Enter until the Define an Additional Pager? prompt appears and then select Y.

5. At the Pager number prompt, enter the unique number (1-16 characters) of the pager. The pager number must contain at least one character. (This number is dialed immediately following the access code specified in the Define Pagers Menu and can contain any additional characters from the Dial String Characters table.)

6. At the Post-pager number prompt, enter one of the following:

   - For display pagers, the display digits (0-24) to be shown on the pager.

   - For tone or voice pagers, leave blank; however, if mailbox owners have the option to change their paging phone numbers, coding a greet-and-wait (G) character in the post-pager number is recommended. Also enter any overflow from the tone or voice pager number (up to 24 characters) that did not fit in the pager number field. Table 1 at the end of this procedure shows valid post-pager number characters. Note: If a post-pager number is entered, it comprises the last part of a paging dial string.

7. At the Pager frequency prompt, enter the number of times (0-255) this mailbox will be notified with a page every time there is an unplayed message in the mailbox. Either 0 or 1 indicates one notification only.

8. At the Pager interval prompt, enter the number of minutes (0-255) between pages for this mailbox. Either 0 or 1 indicates a one-minute interval.

9. At the Message delivery prompt, enter Y to enable Message Delivery or N to disable.

10. At the Suppress pages prompt, enter N to leave paging enabled OR enter Y to turn off the paging feature.

11. At the Busy pager attempts prompt, enter the number of times (0-255) this mailbox will retry a page when a busy condition is encountered. Either 0 or 1 indicates one retry. Setting both the busy pager attempts and busy pager interval to 0 specifies unlimited retries upon reaching a busy signal.

12. At the Busy pager interval prompt enter the number of minutes (0-255) between pager attempts. Either 0 or 1 indicates a one-minute interval. Setting both the busy pager attempts and busy pager interval to 0 specifies unlimited retries upon reaching a busy signal.

13. At the Pager start time prompt, enter the time at which paging is to start. Enter the time in hours and minutes followed by "am" or "pm"; for example: 6:00pm. If 12:00am is entered for start time and stop time, paging is enabled at all times.

14. At the Pager stop time prompt, enter the time at which paging is to stop. Enter the time in hours and minutes followed by "am" or "pm"; for example: 8:30am If 12:00am is entered for stop time and start time, paging is enabled at all times.

15. Press Enter to skip through each of the remaining mailbox configuration prompts. After the last prompt, the server displays the mailbox configuration, then prompts for the next mailbox number.

At this point, the parameter settings are saved and you can continue with mailbox configuration or exit.