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Kupe · 12/30/2004, 02:14 PM

New Tip: Automated Voicemail dialing.

Not sure how this works on Sprint, but on Verizon, when you call in to your voicemail, the first thing the computer asks you for is your password (a 4-digit PIN) ". . . followed by the pound (#) sign." You can automate the voicemail login by inserting a pause (to account for voicemail answering delay) then sending the PIN all as a part of your dial in. For the Verizon phone (not sure if this works for Sprint):

1. Go to the phone application
2. Select Tools-->Options
3. In the setting dialog, select the voicemail entry and type in *86pp1111#
(*86 = *VM or voicemal, p = pause about 3 seconds, 1111 = 4 digit PIN - use your own, #= "the pound sign") Use as many "p"s as you need to get it to work (you may have to experiment).
4. Result: Voicemail answers, welcoming speech is interrupted and I go straight to the new voicemail listing.

12/30/2004, 02:14 PM	#16 (permalink)
Kupe Member Join Date: Jul 2000 Location: Northern Virginia Posts: 2,991 Thanks: 164 Thanked 178 Times in 118 Posts	New Tip: Automated Voicemail dialing. Not sure how this works on Sprint, but on Verizon, when you call in to your voicemail, the first thing the computer asks you for is your password (a 4-digit PIN) ". . . followed by the pound (#) sign." You can automate the voicemail login by inserting a pause (to account for voicemail answering delay) then sending the PIN all as a part of your dial in. For the Verizon phone (not sure if this works for Sprint): 1. Go to the phone application 2. Select Tools-->Options 3. In the setting dialog, select the voicemail entry and type in 86pp1111# (86 = *VM or voicemal, p = pause about 3 seconds, 1111 = 4 digit PIN - use your own, #= "the pound sign") Use as many "p"s as you need to get it to work (you may have to experiment). 4. Result: Voicemail answers, welcoming speech is interrupted and I go straight to the new voicemail listing.