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What is the initial password for voice mail?

Finesse — Thu, 06 Jan 2022 07:10:40 GMT

What is the initial password for voice mail?

Re: What is the initial password for voice mail?

kb_mv — Wed, 24 Feb 2021 15:21:53 GMT

@Finesse wrote:
What is the initial password for voice mail?

@Finesse I honestly don't remember there being an initial password when I set mine up. If I am not mistaken, the first time I called it from my handset, I had to go through the set up process including setting a password.

Re: What is the initial password for voice mail?

Quigley — Wed, 24 Feb 2021 15:19:25 GMT

There isn't one. It's whatever you make it.

Re: What is the initial password for voice mail?

Anonymous — Wed, 24 Feb 2021 15:35:13 GMT

@Finesse : If you're on a limited minute plan then a trick to save the whole 3 or 4 minutes is to do the Voicemail Password reset in the self-serve which sets it to your 10 digit number. Then dial your number from a different phone (or voip or other SIM) and do all the set up.

You could also just do that reset and now you know the password.

Edit: oh right..the question...there isn't one. Not having one requires it to be accessed from the handset for initial set up. Doing the reset allows it to be done from another phone.

Re: What is the initial password for voice mail?

computergeek541 — Wed, 24 Feb 2021 15:33:05 GMT

@Finesse wrote:
What is the initial password for voice mail?

Before anyone says it, your voicemail password is not your account PIN. You can choose to set it to that, but the two are not the same thing.

Re: What is the initial password for voice mail?

LurganIeUk — Wed, 24 Feb 2021 15:36:49 GMT

There are options to have or not have a passcode for voicemail. I chose none because I have a passcode for my phone. You can go on “My Account” and reset your voicemail and start from fresh. See here

Re: What is the initial password for voice mail?

computergeek541 — Wed, 24 Feb 2021 15:42:13 GMT

@LurganIeUk wrote:
There are options to have or not have a passcode for voicemail. I chose none because I have a passcode for my phone. You can go on “My Account” and reset your voicemail and start from fresh. See here

The voicemail password isn't needed to access the account if calling from your own phone. However, I am unsure if the security/privacy vulnerability at Public Mobile was ever fixed that potentially allowed anyone to access your voicemail account. For this reason, I encourage everyone to have the password prompt enabled, for even when calling from your phone.

Re: What is the initial password for voice mail?

HALIMACS — Wed, 24 Feb 2021 19:13:39 GMT

@Finesse Here's how you set up voice mail:

After you’ve activated, your voicemail is automatically ready to accept messages as soon as you add it to your account. It will play a default greeting until you set it up. Setting it up isn’t complicated:

Hold down the ‘1’ key on your phone keypad to dial your voicemail access number. Calling your own 10-digit phone number will also bring you to your voicemail.
When prompted, enter a password between 4 to 15 digits long. Try to make it hard to guess, but easy to remember. It will be more secure if you avoid using numbers that are repetitive or sequential such as ‘1111’ or ‘1234’.
Choose whether you want to bypass your password when calling from your own phone.
Record your name, and a personalized greeting.
When you’re done, hang up to end the call.