Siemens HiPath Xpressions Unified Messaging - Manual (Page 11)

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HiPath Xpressions V3.0, User Manual
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Unified Messaging with HiPath Xpressions
Overview
1 Unified Messaging with HiPath Xpressions
1.1 Overview
HiPath Xpressions is a mail server for unified messaging. HiPath Xpressions integrates all mail
services for voice mail, fax-mail, e-mail and the short message service (SMS). A non-service-
specific mailbox is set up for every user. Each user can be assigned a personal e-mail address
and a personal fax number for the receipt of mail in this mailbox. The user’s telephone number
and GSM number are valid numbers that are used to leave voice messages in the user’s mail-
box.
This mailbox can be accessed through a networked PC or through a telephone. The mailbox
can be maintained from any telephone or any PC with Internet access.
Every user in the office can be alerted to the arrival of new messages on the telephone by
means of the mailbox LED or an acoustic signal. Users en route can be alerted via SMS or pag-
er.
The HiPath Xpressions server can be used as a mailbox server or as a gateway to other mail
systems.
The various formats are automatically converted on the server, provided the HiPath Xpressions
server has been installed. This means that incoming messages of a particular service can be
forwarded to other services provided the data conversion process is feasible. The following data
conversions are permitted, for example:
● Text-to-speech (TTS)
●
MS-Office documents (Word, Excel, PowerPoint) to fax
● Postscript to fax
● Adobe PDF to fax
● Fax to various graphic formats (JPG, TIF, BMP, DCX)
Separate service-specific addresses or numbers can be defined for every mailbox.