How do I setup on how I get notified of a new voicemail?
You can choose to receive or not to receive text and notification alerts from YouMail whenever you receive voice messages.
Your YouMail text and notification alerts are now setup!
To setup your alerts:
- Click on the My Account link at the top right menu.
- Click on the My Alerts link in the My Account menu section.
To setup your text alert:
- Choose all or any of the following when you would want to receive text alert:
- When I Get a Voicemail: To receive text alert when you receive a voice message.
- When A Caller is Ditched: To receive text alert when you receive a call from a ditched phone number.
- When I Get a HangUp: To receive a text alert when caller hangs up in the middle of the greeting.
- Select additional information you would want to be included in your text alerts:
*This option is only available if at least 1 Text Alert option above is selected.
- the date and time of the call: To include the date and the time the call is made.
- the caller's city and state: To include the caller's city and state based on the caller's area code. *This option will not be available if "a link so I can see the message on my phone" is selected.
- the caller's cellphone company: To include the caller's cellphone carrier.
- a link so I can see the message on my phone: To include a link of the message. *This option is only available for WAP capable cellphones.
Please note that your text messaging plan applies each time YouMail sends you a text alert for new voicemail.
To setup your email alert:
- Select all or any of the following when you would want to receive email alert:
- Send me an Email: To receive email notification when you receive a voice message.
- HTML Email: To receive email notification in HTML format.
*HTML email notification can be optimized in most WAP capable cellphones to better display the notification based on your phone model such as iPhone and Blackberry. - Plain Text Email: To receive email notification in Plain Text format.
- When I Get a HangUp: To receive email notification when caller hangs up in the middle of the voicemail greeting.
- Attach the audio message in the notification as: (if audio attachment is preferred)
- WAV
- MP3
- Click on the [Save Changes] button.
Your YouMail text and notification alerts are now setup!
