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Answering system operation
SYS EXT mailbox 
About system extension mailboxes
If a 1080 telephone is an auto attendant, it can 
be a system extension (SYS EXT) mailbox for 1070 
and 1040 telephones in the system. When the 
1080 phone is a SYS EXT mailbox, it can answer 
calls transferred by the auto attendant system 
and record caller’s messages for its SYS EXT 
telephones. These messages are called extension 
messages. Each extension message can be up to 
one minute.
 NOTE: If the 1080 
phone is the SYS EXT 
mailbox for other 
extensions, it answers 
transferred calls from 
its extension telephones 
with a preset outgoing 
message. You can 
neither delete nor 
replace this outgoing 
message.