How to Turn Off ShoreTel Voice Mail Prompts

Here is a summary of the Voice Mail prompt process and responses:

1) If the user has *not* recorded a “Recorded Name” prompt and has *not* recorded a call handling mode greeting … and a caller is sent to their voicemail box:

–> The caller will hear a built-in “ShoreTel” prompt, followed by their extension number, followed by their current call handling mode, followed by the built-in “instructions prompt”

    –> “You are being forwarded to a ShoreTel Voice Mail System.”

    –> “Extension 2…5…6…”

    –> “Is in a meeting”

    –> “Please leave a message.  When you have finished recording you may …”

2) If the user *has* recorded a “Recorded Name” prompt but has *not* recorded a call handling mode greeting … and a caller is sent to their voice mail box:

–> The caller will hear a built-in “ShoreTel” prompt, followed by their recorded name, followed by their current call handling mode, followed by the built-in “instructions prompt”

    –> “You are being forwarded to a ShoreTel Voice Mail System.”

    –> “Jeff Rowley”

    –> “Is in a meeting”

    –> “Please leave a message.  When you have finished recording you may …”

3) If the user *has* recorded a call handling mode greeting … and a caller is sent to their voice mail box:

–> The caller will hear the user’s greeting followed by the built-in “instructions prompt”

    –> “This is Jeff Rowley and you’ve reached my voice mail.  Press 1 to find me or leave a message after the beep”

    –> “Please leave a message.  When you have finished recording you may …”

(note: the recorded status of the name prompt is irrelevant in this case)

Here are the Registry changes needed to disable the “ShoreTel” branded prompts within the Voicemail system

There is no way to replace the prompts.  Only the ability to disable them.

# Disabling the Prompt: “<briiiiinng> Welcome to the ShoreTel phone system …”

# Played when logging into the Voice Mail system to check your own messages

# This prompt can be disabled by creating the following registry setting

# You must stop/restart the “ShoreTel-VMail” service on the ShoreTel server for this to take effect

# DWORD

# Value of ‘0’ = disabled; ‘1’ = enabled

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINESoftwareShoreline TeleworksVoicemail]

“PlayLogonFindMeBranding”=”0”

# Disabling the Prompt: “You are being forwarded to a ShoreTel Voice Mail System …”

# Played when the destination ShoreTel user has not recorded a greeting

# This prompt can be disabled by creating the following registry setting

# You must stop/restart the ShoreTel server for this to take effect

# DWORD

# Value of ‘0’ = disabled; ‘1’ = enabled

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINESoftwareShoreline TeleworksVoicemail]

“PlayShorelineFwdCallMsg”=”0”

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