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Setting up email and SMS voicemail notifications

Summary

Follow directions to setup voicemail notifications for email or text message (SMS). In addition, locate common email-to-SMS addresses for common cell phone carriers.

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Description

Learn how to set up voicemail notifications for email and SMS. Refer to a list of addresses for common cellphone carriers.

Environment

Mac, PC, web browser

Solution

To receive email or text message notifications when new voicemail messages arrive, follow these steps:

If you are off-campus, make sure you are connected to the VPN .

In your web browser go to https://voicemail.ohio.edu and login in with your OHIO ID and password.

Once logged in, select the Settings button at the top of the page. This should open a new browser page.

Go to Notification Devices and select View Notification Devices.

Select the SMTP link.

Put a check box in Notification Enabled
Enter your email addressor the email-to-SMS addressfor your phone.
To receive notifications both via email and SMS, enter both addressesseparated by a comma.

Example of an email-to-SMS entry would be " 7405931222@txt.att.net " for AT&T or " 7405931222@vtext.com "). More txt addresses can be found on the bottom of this document.