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Managing messaging notifications in the Admin Portal

Admins and users can set up email and text notifications for when a new voicemail, fax, missed call, or text message has been received. If your account has the AI Assistant turned on, you can also set up email notifications to receive automatically generated call notes. Messaging notifications can be sent to multiple recipients at once.

Accessing notification settings

You can manage your own notifications or update them for another user if you’re an admin.

Managing your own notifications

  1. Sign in to the
    Admin Portal
    .
  2. At the top right, select
    My Extension
    from the dropdown.
  3. Click the
    Settings
    tab.
  4. In the left panel, click
    Notifications
    .
  5. Click to open the
    Messaging Notifications
    section.
  6. Select or from the dropdown in the upper right.

Managing another user’s notifications

  1. Sign in to the
    Admin Portal
    .
  2. At the top right, select
    Admin Portal
    from the dropdown.
  3. Click the
    Users
    tab.
  4. Select a user from the
    Users with extensions
    list.
  5. Click the
    Notifications
    tab.
  6. Click to open the
    Messaging Notifications
    section.
  7. Select or from the dropdown.

Managing the basic messaging notifications settings

  1. Check the boxes to specify the types of notifications you want to receive.
  2. For email notifications:
    • Enter the email addresses under
      Send notifications to
      , separated by commas.
  3. For text message notifications:
    • Select a carrier from the
      Select Carrier
      dropdown.
    • Enter the phone number without any dashes, then click
      Add
      . Repeat this process to add more phone numbers.
    • To delete a number, click
      Delete
      in the
      Actions
      column.

    Note
    If you don’t see your carrier in the list, reach out to them to get the email address used for receiving text messages, then enter that address in the Phone number field (e.g., yournumber@yourcarrier.com).

  4. Click
    Save
    .

Managing the advanced messaging notifications settings

The
Advanced Settings
view lets you send notifications for each feature to a different email address or phone number.

  1. Check the boxes to specify the types of notifications you want to receive.
  2. Click
    Customize Notifications
    for each row you’ve selected.

  3. Under
    Customize Notifications
    for
    Voicemail Messages
    and
    Received Faxes
    , you can check:
    • Include attachment with email
      : Attach the MP3 voicemail audio file and/or the fax in PDF format.
    • Mark message as read once emailed
      : Voicemails and/or faxes will automatically be marked as read in your call history.
  4. For email notifications:
    • Enter the email addresses under
      Send notifications to
      , separated by commas.
  5. For text message notifications:
    • Select a carrier from the
      Select Carrier
      dropdown.
    • Enter the phone number without any dashes, then click
      Add
      . Repeat this process to add more phone numbers.
    • To delete a number, click
      Delete
      in the
      Actions
      column.

    Note
    If you don’t see your carrier in the list, reach out to them to get the email address used for receiving text messages, then enter that address in the Phone number field (e.g., yournumber@yourcarrier.com).

  6. If you want to customize a different set of email addresses or phone numbers across features, uncheck the box and enter the new contact information. Based on your
    Voicemail Messages
    settings, you will see one of these options:
    • Use same email address as for voicemail
    • Use same text address as for voicemail
    • Use same email and text address as for voicemail

  7. Click
    Done
    .
  8. Click
    Save
    .

In this article

Accessing notification settings
Managing the basic messaging notifications settings
Managing the advanced messaging notifications settings