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I leave my cellphone turned off when I'm working at home. If somebody
leaves me a voicemail, I'd love to have an email alert sent to my
regular email address. I don't think Verizon voicemail does this, but
some 3rd party voicemail systems do. Has anybody tried this? Has
anybody tried using a non-Verizon voicemail? Is it even possible?

Thanks in advance,
-barry

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Barry F Margolius <bfm@pobox.com> writes:

> I leave my cellphone turned off when I'm working at home. If somebody
> leaves me a voicemail, I'd love to have an email alert sent to my
> regular email address. I don't think Verizon voicemail does this, but
> some 3rd party voicemail systems do. Has anybody tried this?

> Has anybody tried using a non-Verizon voicemail?

I have voicemail from http://www.accessline.com/. It sends email. It
can also send an SMS.

> Is it even possible?

Proof by existence :^)

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This is good news. How do you "tell" your cell phone that you have a
new voicemail provider. Also, how does your new voicemail notify your
cell phone of new messages? Does it use SMS or can it insert itself
into the phone's voicemail protocol?

I apologize for so many questions, but you seem to be doing exactly
what I want, so I'm very interested.

Thanks,

-barry

Alan Hadsell <ahadsell@MtDiablo.com> wrote:

>Barry F Margolius <bfm@pobox.com> writes:
>
>> I leave my cellphone turned off when I'm working at home. If somebody
>> leaves me a voicemail, I'd love to have an email alert sent to my
>> regular email address. I don't think Verizon voicemail does this, but
>> some 3rd party voicemail systems do. Has anybody tried this?
>
>> Has anybody tried using a non-Verizon voicemail?
>
>I have voicemail from http://www.accessline.com/. It sends email. It
>can also send an SMS.
>
>> Is it even possible?
>
>Proof by existence :^)

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Barry F Margolius wrote:
> This is good news. How do you "tell" your cell phone that you have a
> new voicemail provider.

You just dial the voicemail access number instead of your own phone number.

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Steve Sobol wrote:
> Barry F Margolius wrote:
>
>> This is good news. How do you "tell" your cell phone that you have a
>> new voicemail provider.
>
>
> You just dial the voicemail access number instead of your own phone number.

Duh, this is the Verizon newsgroup, not the Sprint group

correction:
You just dial your voicemail access number instead of dialing *86.



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I think both of you misunderstand my original problem. When somebody
calls me on my cell phone, and the phone is turned off, I want their
call to go to a different voicemail than the Verizon voicemail. Is
this possible?

Thanks,

-barry

Steve Sobol <sjsobol@JustThe.net> wrote:

>Steve Sobol wrote:
>> Barry F Margolius wrote:
>>
>>> This is good news. How do you "tell" your cell phone that you have a
>>> new voicemail provider.
>>
>>
>> You just dial the voicemail access number instead of your own phone number.
>
>Duh, this is the Verizon newsgroup, not the Sprint group
>
>correction:
>You just dial your voicemail access number instead of dialing *86.

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I never dial anything. I just push the voicemail button.

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On Thu, 07 Apr 2005 00:40:33 -0400, Barry F Margolius <bfm@pobox.com>
wrote:

>I think both of you misunderstand my original problem. When somebody
>calls me on my cell phone, and the phone is turned off, I want their
>call to go to a different voicemail than the Verizon voicemail. Is
>this possible?

Sure. Just forward your phone to the external voicemail number. Of
course you'll never get voicemail on your Verizon Wireless phone then
or you could just forward it before you turn your phone off.

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Joseph <JoeOfSeattle@yahoo.com> wrote:

>On Thu, 07 Apr 2005 00:40:33 -0400, Barry F Margolius <bfm@pobox.com>
>wrote:
>
>>I think both of you misunderstand my original problem. When somebody
>>calls me on my cell phone, and the phone is turned off, I want their
>>call to go to a different voicemail than the Verizon voicemail. Is
>>this possible?
>
>Sure. Just forward your phone to the external voicemail number. Of
>course you'll never get voicemail on your Verizon Wireless phone then
>or you could just forward it before you turn your phone off.
>

Does Verizon have no-answer-forwarding?

Thanks,

-barry

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Barry F Margolius wrote:
> I think both of you misunderstand my original problem. When somebody
> calls me on my cell phone, and the phone is turned off, I want their
> call to go to a different voicemail than the Verizon voicemail. Is
> this possible?

Verizon might support No Answer Transfer. You'd have to specifically enable it
before turning the phone off and disable it once you turn it back on, and
transferring calls to another number will use minutes. I believe it'd be two
minutes for each actual airtime minute used, one for the incoming call and one
to transfer to your other voice mail number. But check with Verizon for details.

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Barry F Margolius wrote:
> Does Verizon have no-answer-forwarding?

Yes. See my other post for details.


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