Telephone Services
Phone Manuals
Long Distance
Students wishing to make long distance calls from their residence hall rooms will need to do so by using either a calling card of their choice or a personal cell phone. Calling cards are available at the Macon Bookstore at a competitive rate. As always, there are no restrictions on local or toll free calls.
Voicemail
Voicemail can be checked using the phone, but it's also delivered via your campus e-mail.
To access via phone: Staff and Faculty dial 8700, Students dial 8600
- If you are calling from your own phone, dial 8600/8700. You will be prompted for your password. The default password for new students, faculty and staff is 123456. You can change your password after your voicemail is set up. If you have problems with the password, please call Telephone Services at 434-947-8371.
- After logging in, follow the prompts to set up a voicemail greeting. This can be found under Set Up options, #4.
- To check voicemail after it is set up, dial 8600/8700 and enter your password. Follow the prompts to listen to messages.
- If you want to check voicemail from off campus, dial 947-8600/8700. When the recording begins, press the star key (*). You will be prompted for your ID, which is your extension number, and then your password. Follow the prompts.
- If you want to check from voicemail from another phone on campus, dial 8600/8700 and follow same the procedures for off campus voicemail checking.
- If you delete your voicemail using e-mail, it will also be deleted from your phone and vice versa.
If you forget your password or have any questions, please call x8371.
Transferring a Call to Voicemail
To route all calls immediately to Phonemail (without first ringing on your phone):
- Lift handset, dial * then the extension
Forwarding Calls
To forward your calls to another campus phone, from your phone:
- Press the CFwdALL button on your phone
- Enter the number you want to forward your calls to
- To cancel, press CFwdALL
