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Voicemail Retrieval Numbers
“xxx-MAIL”

by Town | by ExchangeMenu option codes

To check your messages:

I. Use the local XXX-MAIL (-6245) voicemail number if there is one for the area you’re in, or pick one closest to home. The automated operator will prompt you on retrieving your messages. You will need to enter the 7-digit phone number for which the voicemail is enabled, and the 4- to 10-digit password you set up.

  • Dial the Voicemail System number xxx-MAIL (-6245); the automated operator will say,
    “Welcome to the Message Center. Please enter a mailbox number or wait.”


  • Key in your 7-digit phone number at the prompt (ie: the “mailbox number”)
    • If this is a Multi-Box system, when the primary greeting starts, press *, then the mailbox ID digit for your box
    • If accessing a One-Box system, the 7-digit number will drop you right into the message area.

  • When you hear your greeting start to play:
    • Immediately press the * key,
    • Enter your password and check messages.
    • Save or delete messages per the key-press options presented to you.

II. Dial your home number directly.

  • When you hear your greeting start to play:
    • Immediately press the * key (if a Multi-box system, press *, then your box ID digit)
    • Enter your password and check messages.
    • Save or delete messages per the key-press options presented to you.

By Town —xxx-MAIL (-6245)

Barre   477-MAIL
Bellows Falls   460-MAIL
Bennington   445-MAIL
Brattleboro   246-MAIL
Burlington   861-MAIL
Essex   876-MAIL, 861-MAIL
Essex Junction   876-MAIL, 861-MAIL
Manchester   367-MAIL
Middlebury   398-MAIL
Montpelier   262-MAIL
Quechee   359-MAIL
Rutland   774-MAIL
Saint Johnsbury   745-MAIL
Shelburne   861-MAIL
Westminster   721-MAIL
White River Jct   359-MAIL
Winooski   861-MAIL
Woodstock   432-MAIL

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By Exchange—xxx-MAIL (-6245)

246-MAIL Brattleboro
262-MAIL Montpelier
359-MAIL White River Junction, Quechee
367-MAIL Manchester
398-MAIL Middlebury
432-MAIL Woodstock
445-MAIL Bennington
460-MAIL Bellows Falls
477-MAIL Barre
721-MAIL Westminster
745-MAIL Saint Johnsbury
774-MAIL Rutland
861-MAIL Burlington, Shelburne, Winooski, Essex, Essex Jct
876-MAIL Essex, Essex Junction

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If you have no waiting messages, you’ll be offered the menu of options after a short pause. If you do have messages waiting, you’ll be offered the option of listening to them first, if you wait a second or two, you’ll get the menu of options available.

For reference, the menu codes are:

  • 8 (U) User Options
  • 6 (M) Make New Message
  • 9 (X) Exit
  • 7 (P) Play Message
  • 4 (G) Give Message to Another (Forward)
  • 5 (K) Keep Message
  • 3 (D) Discard Message

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