- Enrolling as a Cisco Unity Connection User
- Working with Cisco Unity Connection by Phone
- Voicemail Basics
- Finding Messages
- Managing Deleted Messages
- Managing Dispatch Messages
- Using Voice Commands to Place Calls
- Managing Meetings
- Managing Personal Greetings
- Managing Message Notification
- Managing Private Lists
- Managing Your Addressing Priority List
- Changing Your User Preferences
- Choosing a Connection Conversation Menu Style
- Managing Call Transfer Rules
- Managing Your Alternate Contact Numbers
- Managing Personal Call Transfer Rule Sets to Handle Incoming Calls
- Changing Playback Settings
- Broadcast Messages
- Managing the Size of Your Mailbox
- Cisco Unity Connection Phone Menus and Voice Commands
- Index
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Managing the Size of Your Mailbox
About Mailbox Size
A full mailbox can affect the speed at which Cisco Unity Connection processes your messages. When you sign in by phone, Connection notifies you when your mailbox is:
Almost full.
Full and you can no longer send new messages.
Full and you can no longer send or receive new messages.
Your Connection administrator sets the storage limits for your mailbox. Exceeding those limits can prevent you from sending and receiving messages.
 Note | Broadcast messages are not included in your total mailbox size. |
Reasons Your Mailbox May Fill Up Quickly
If you feel that your Cisco Unity Connection mailbox fills up more quickly than you expect, the reasons listed below may explain why. (Your Connection administrator specifies the size of your mailbox.)
Message-retention policy may not be enforced
By default, Connection does not automatically delete messages once they reach a certain age. This means that unless your Connection administrator set up the system to enforce a message-retention policy, you are responsible for managing the size of your mailbox by periodically reviewing your saved messages and either moving, archiving, or deleting them permanently.
If Connection is set up to enforce a message-retention policy, ask your Connection administrator how long the system stores your messages before permanently deleting them. You can then plan to archive or move important messages ahead of time. Connection does not indicate when a message-retention policy is enforced, nor does it warn you before message are permanently deleted as a result of such a policy.
Nondelivery receipts are included in total mailbox size
When you receive nondelivery receipts (NDRs) for messages that you send, your mailbox can quickly increase in size—especially when original messages included large attachments.
Total message size includes original when messages are forwarded
You may receive messages that have been forwarded many times over, which increases message size. The original message plus all recorded introductions that were added during forwarding equal the total message size. As a result, your mailbox can exceed its limit, even though you may have relatively few messages stored in it.
Total message size includes attachments
You may receive messages that contain attached files such as spreadsheets, documents, faxes, and pictures. The message plus all attached files equal the total message size. As a result, your mailbox can exceed its limit, even though you may have relatively few messages stored in it.