Nortel phone m3904 won't forward to an outside line

This is dependent on you being able to access your voicemail mailbox (a mailbox has been setup for you by the administrator and you know the codes to login to your mailbox). Go to your voicemail which should be:

1. press the message key.
2. Enter your mailbox number, then press #
3. Enter your password, then press #. (if you don't know this then you will have to contact the administrator for the telephone system)

When logged into this:

1. press 82.
2. Press 1 for external greeting, 2 for internal greeting, 3 for temporary greeting, or 9 for Personal Verification (spoken name)
3. Press 5 to record then wait for tone.
4. Press # to end recording
5. Press 2 to listen to the greeting
6. Press 76 then 5 to delete the greeting and re-record it.
7. Press 4 to return to your messages.

should you dial 9 or another access code for outside calls?

If if you dial an "outside" number on an intercom line it will look at the first 2-3 digits as another extension. You need to dial the Central Office access code, or use a line key assigned to an outside line.

You can forward an extension that is not used at all, and has the lines assigned to ring that you want to forward to an outside number. In programming have the extensions set to forward on busy to the external number using 9+ the number desired. When you leave for the afternoon, take the handset off the phone, and replace it when you return. NOTE THIS EXTENSION MUST NOT BE USED BY ANYONE -- IF THIS EXTENSION IS BEING USED AND A LINE RINGS IN IT WILL BE FORWARDED OUT.

After entering the mailbox access F981, press "#", the display should change from Pswd: to Log:. Now, enter the alternate mailbox number followed by the password for that box and "#". The remainder of the prompts should be the same as accessing the 'native' mailbox.

This is a PBX programming issue and mostly system wide, you must call in a tech to change this type of programming.

If you switched phone companies and the feature stopped working you probably had Call Forward Busy/No Answer from AT&T. If you use the call forwarding in the phone it will use two phone lines for the entire length of the call. Call Comcast and have them add Call Forward Busy/No Answer and tell them the number you would like your calls forwarded to and the ring cycle (the number of rings on no answer).

The Nortel call forwarding (feature 4) is for forwarding the ringing and intercom from one extension to another.ex. if you were going to be working in the conference rm. instead of at your desk,with the forward on to the conference rm. extension, the calls you get at your desk will transfer to the conference rm. phone. Call forwarding through your service provider is done by accessing the telephone line you wish to forward, dial *72 (you should get dialtone reordered)and dial the telephone number to where you want the calls to be forwarded to. the party on where your forwarding the line to has to answer the line for the forward to take place. to remove call forwarding , access the line you have the forward on and dial * 73, you should recieve a stuttered dialtone for confirmation that the service is off

You can set divert for the calls to another number. Do check for the call settings and activate the divert based on situation like.. When busy. Not reachable.

This worked for me:

Feature 4, 0 1 (xxx) xxx-xxxx

Mike