


	'An Introduction to Meridian Mail Rls.12'
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By: The Clone
Written: Thursday July 22, 1999


[-Introduction-]

Friends of mine were recently able to snag a document from a local (780) 
telephone companies garbage concerning the Meridian Mail Rls.12 system. 
It briefly explains options available with the voice messaging system, 
as well as the Personal Distribution List. What I'll do is break it down, 
and add the necessary sections. 

My goal is for this file to be used as a reference tool for the average 
telecom-enthusiast or 'phreaker'. Whatever you choose to call yourself 
is insubstantial. All I'm asking from you is that you read the file 
and learn something.


[-Meridian Mail Rls.12; features-]

Meridian Mail Rls.12, Rls standing for "release", is a delightful
system filled with numerous useful features. 


The features include:

* Temporary Greeting  - Meridian Mail Rls.12 now allows you to record a 
			temporary greeting along with the external and
			internal greetings. Please note that earlier
			versions of Meridian Mail did *not* allow temporary
		  	greetings.

* Distribution Lists - A Distribution List saves you time when you are
		       sending a message to a group of addresses.

* Personal Distribution Lists - A Personal Distribution List gives you the
				option of adding, deleting, and searching
				for numbers. 


[-Finding a Meridian Mail VMB-]

Throughout my experiences with voice mail systems,
I'd have to say that finding a Meridian Voice Mail Box is relatively
simple keeping in mind that you have the time to search for one.

Skanning - I don't mean war-dialing. I mean manually dialing numbers
	   preferably INWATS (800) numbers. An example of a skan is;
	   1-800-xxx-xx00, 1-800-xxx-xx01, 1-800-xxx-xx02, and so on
	   and so fourth. Understand? Good. Once you have acquired a
	   Meridian VMB, you may now move on to the illegal and
	   easy-to-hack (depending on how stupid the Admin is)
	   password prompt.

  	
[-Meridian VMB Hacking-]

Hacking into any Voice Mail Box can be easy if you know
what you're doing. Generally when you run into a Meridian Mail System,
you will hear the account users temporary greeting. To bypass this 
nonsense, simply press the * key. 

Now you should be asked to enter your password or passcode (same shit).
Out of the goodness of my heart, I have listed the most commonly used
Meridian voice-mail passwords;

*1#, bx#, 0000#, 1111#, 2222#, 1234#, 9999#

(note: # is the button you press when you finish entering the password)



[-Voice Messaging; Commands/Options-]

				
Main Commands			Playback Options
------------- 			----------------
1 - Skip Backward		1 - Decrease Speed
2 - Play			2 - Increase Speed
3 - Skip Forward		3 - [Not in use]
4 - Previous Message		4 - [Not in use]
5 - Record			5 - [Not in use]
6 - Next Message 		6 - [Not in use]
7 - Message Commands  		7 - [Not in use]
8 - Mailbox Commands		8 - [Not in use]
9 - Call Sender  		9 - [Not in use]
* - Help			* - [Not in use]
0 - Attendant Thru Dial		0 - [Not in use]
# - Stop/Exit			# - [Not in use]

Message Commands		Message Options
----------------		---------------
1 - Reply			1 - Urgent
2 - Play Envelope		2 - Standard
3 - Forward			3 - Economy
4 - Reply All			4 - Private
5 - Compose			5 - Acknowledge	
6 - Delete/Restore		6 - Timed Delivery
7 - [Not in use]		7 - [Not in use]
8 - [Not in use]		8 - [Not in use]
9 - Send			9 - [Not in use]
* - Message Help		* - [Not in use]
0 - [Not in use]		0 - [Not in use]
# - [Not in use]		# - [Not in use]

Mailbox Commands		Mailbox Greetings
----------------		-----------------
1 - Log In			1 - External Greeting
2 - Greetings			2 - Internal Greeting
3 - Log Off			3 - Temporary Greeting
4 - Password Change		4 - [Not in use]
5 - Distribution Lists		5 - [Not in use]
6 - Go to a Message		6 - [Not in use]
7 - [Not in use]		7 - [Not in use]
8 - [Not in use]   		8 - [Not in use]
9 - Personal Verification       9 - [Not in use]
* - Mailbox Help		* - Greeting Help
0 - Mailbox Options		0 - [Not in use]
# - Cancel/Exit 		# - Cancel/Exit	

		Mailbox Options
		---------------
		1 - Change Operator
		2 - Remote Notification
		3 - [Not in use]
		4 - [Not in use]
		5 - [Not in use]
		6 - [Not in use]
		7 - [Not in use]
		8 - [Not in use]
		9 - [Not in use]
		* - Options Help
		0 - [Not in use]
		# - Cancel/Exit


[-Creating a Personal Distribution List-]

You can create up to nine personal distribution lists,
each containing up to 99 entries.

1. While logged in to Voice Messaging, - "Distribution list."
   press [8][5].

2. Enter a number from 1 to 9 to identify - "Distribution list (number).
   this list, then press [#].		      (Number) addresses."

3. Press [5] to create this list. - "Compose distribution list."

4. Enter the first address (mailbox number, name address, - "Name/mailbox/
   network user, open network user, or non-user number),     phone number)."
   then press [#]. 

   To delete a number or name after you enter it, - "Address (number) 	
   press [0][#].				     canceled."

5. When the list is complete, - "End of list."
   press [#].


[-To Play, Edit, or Delete a Personal Distribution List-]
 
1. Press [8][5]. - "Distribution list."		  

2. Enter the distribution list number, - "Distribution list (number).
   then press [#].                        (Number) addresses."

* Press [2] to play the list.     - "Distribution list (number). 
				     (Number) addresses."
* Press [5] to add numbers. Enter 
  each number, then press [#]. When - "Add to distribution list."
  the list is complete, press [#].


* Press [6] to find a number in the - "Find address?" 
  list. Enter the number, then press
  [#]. If the number is in the list, - "Name/mailbox/phone number. Found."
  you can delete it by pressing      - "Deleted."
  [7][6]. If the number is not in the - "(Number) is not in the list."
  list, you can add it by pressing [5]. - "Added."


* To delete an entire list, press - "The distribution list has been
  [7][6]. You can restore it by       		deleted."
  pressing [7][6] again immediately - Ask your system administrator about 
  after deleting it.                  backing up and restoring lists.

* To exit, press [4]. - You return to your messages.


--

` Final Words;

Now that you have a grasp on Meridian Mail Rls.12, go out there
and hack yourself a Meridian voice-mail box, and be sure to use 
my file as a reference if you're stuck. --



` Contact infô;

URL: http://nettwerk.hypermart.net - 'Nettwerked'
E-mail: webmaster@nettwerk.hypermart.net


` Credits:

I'd like to thank Cyb0rg/asm and Wizbone of
Hack Canada (www.hackcanada.com) for finding the 
Meridian Mail Rls.12 document which lead to me writing this file.


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