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Voice Mail: Recording Personal Name or Greetings

Learn how to change your recorded name and manage your regular and alternate greetings.

For reference, see a diagram for changing your name or greetings: UC San Diego Unified Messaging TUI.(PDF).

Recording your Personal greeting or Out of Office greeting

This is what callers will hear in place of a voice mail message, if you have not recorded one. (To record a voice mail message, see Voice Mail: Getting Started.)

  • Dial 42000 from a campus phone or (858) 534-2000 from an off-campus location to reach UC San Diego Unified Messaging center, and enter your security code.
  • Press 3 to reach the user options menu
  • Press 4 to record a Standard greeting or
  • Press 6 to record an Out of Office greeting

Recording Your Name


  • Press 3 to reach the user options menu
  • Press 1 to reach Personal Options 
  • Press 5 to record your name
Record your name after the tone, Press 6 to review,  Press 4 to discard and start over, Press 5 to save.
For more information, contact the ITS Customer Service Team at (858) 534-4277.