Email to Group: If you are writing an email to two to five individuals, use both names in your salutation. For example Dear Mr. Jake and Miss Jones. This is acceptable in a professional mail. Unknown Gender: If you don’t know the recipient’s gender, use both the first name and the last name instead of the title case.
You have reached the mailbox of the Claims Department. We are sorry that we are unable to take your call at this time, but please leave a detailed message and we will get back to you as soon as possible. We look forward to serving you. Thank you.

In Australian English it’s pronounced with the vowel /a:/ like in ‘part’. Problems arise when people use the /ʌ/ vowel (like in ‘up’) instead of /æ/ or /a:/. If you do this is will sound like the worst swear word in English. Many non-native speakers often pronounce the vowel /æ/ more like /ʌ/ because they don’t have a vowel like /æ/ in their first language. Many speakers of European languages will do this (Spanish speakers and Italian speakers) and also speakers of Japanese and Korean. This problem with /æ/ also means that if you say the word ‘back’ in your voicemail greeting sample, you are likely to pronounce it more like ‘buck’. remember to pronounce word endings in English. Check you aren’t dropping any endings off or mispronouncing them.
A clear, professional voicemail greeting is essential for job seekers and professionals living in English speaking countries. Job recruiters, managers and colleagues will all expect a good, clear, professional voicemail greeting when they call you.