How to make voicemail accessible from an outside line
Here's how to allow your users to call in on your main outside line and access their voicemail boxes.
That's it - when a user dials into your IVR and enters the option
number, they should be prompted to enter their mailbox number (usually
the same as their extension number) and password.
Alternately, if you want to have a DID dedicated to voicemail
access, then (after creating the Misc Destination as shown above)
create an incoming route for that DID: Setup, Incoming Routes, Add
incoming route. Put the DID number in the appropriate field, and under
Set destination, use the Misc Destinations dropdown and select the Misc
Destination you created earlier, then click Submit and then the red
bar. After that, a caller dialing into that DID should be prompted to
enter their mailbox number and password. I don't necessarily recommend
doing this, because if a hacker stumbles across your DID they may try a
"brute force" approach toward finding mailbox number/password
combinations that work, but you can set it up if you and your users are
willing to accept the associated risk.