# Configure a Mailbox for NuPoint Fax

To configure a new or existing mailbox for Fax Mail, Fax Publishing, Guaranteed Fax, or Fax Broadcast:

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

2. Select (C) Create new mailboxes OR (M) Modify Mailboxes and enter the number of the mailbox to create/modify. (When you select (M), the word "New" precedes each prompt in the following instructions.)

3. Press Enter until you see the Features Class of Service prompt. Assign a fax-customized FCOS by entering the number of the FCOS (1-640) that includes fax feature bits. Press Enter.

4. At the Limits Class of Service prompt, enter the number of the LCOS that includes the applicable fax limits.

5. If you have NP Net, at the Network Class of Service prompt, enter the number of the NCOS that includes the applicable fax limits.

6. At the Restrictions Class of Service prompt, and then enter the number of the RCOS that includes the applicable fax restrictions.

7. For Guaranteed Fax, you need to set up message delivery to the target fax machine. If this mailbox isn't used for Guaranteed Fax, skip to the next numbered step.

8. Press Enter until you see the Message waiting type #1 and then enter 5 for Pager.

9. At the Pager Access Type prompt, enter the letter of the index to be used for delivery to a fax machine. Valid choices are:

   - I Internal outdial index

   - B Billed outdial index

   - U Non-billed outdial index

   - N Undefined index

10. At the Pager number prompt, enter the phone number of the target fax machine.

11. At the Post-pager number prompt, enter any overflow from the pager number that did not fit in the Page number field; OR leave blank.

12. Skip the Pager frequency and interval prompts as these items are controlled by LCOS settings.

13. At the Message delivery prompt, enter Y to activate.

14. Press Enter until you see the Pager start time prompt, and then enter thetimeat which fax delivery is to start. Enter the time in hours and minutes followed by “am” or “pm,” for example 6:00pm. To have fax delivery enabled for all times, set both Pager start time and Pager stop time to the same value, such as 12:00am.

15. At the Pager stop time prompt, Enter the time at which fax delivery is to stop.

16. Press Enter until you see the Fax retrieval pager access type prompt, and then enter the letter of the index (I, B, U, or N) to be used for fax retrieval, OR enter a pager system number from 0 to 15.

17. At the Default telephone number for fax retrieval prompt, enter the default number (1-16 characters) of the fax phone the fax message is to be delivered to. This field can contain any additional characters necessary for outdialing.

18. At the Call placement pager access type prompt, enter the letter of the index (I, B, U, or N) to be used for fax retrieval, OR enter a pager system number from 0 to 15. Note: This entry is required to send fax from the Web View interface.

19. At the Time zone offset prompt, enter the number of hours difference between the time zone of the mailbox owner and the local time zone of the NuPoint Unified Messaging server. Valid values are from -23 to +23. This number must match the offset of one of the time zones set in the Time Zone Configuration Menu.

20. Press Enter to skip through each of the remaining mailbox configuration prompts. After the last prompt, the system 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.

Parent topic: Procedures (Text Console)