"can it drop into a MB if none of the group ext's answer? "

Yes and No. A call transferred from the Auto Attendant to a calling group will normally ring until answered or abandoned. However, if you purposly mis-program the Transfer Return Extension setting for each of the voice mail ports, leaving them set to themselves, the call will return to the voice mail port that sent the call. When it arrives, ir will come without "mode codes" to tell the VM how to handle the call. So VM will say "transferring to operator" and send the call to Ext. 10, where it will ring 4 more times and cover to 10's voice mail.


"in a 5 slot cabinet is there one particular place the VM card should go"

It should be in the last card used in the system, if you ever need to add another station card later, you should move the VM down a slot, and reprogram the old and new ports.

Shoot me e-mail if you need more detailed info.