NEW YORK -- Imagine having William Shatner supply your outgoing voicemail message. Or maybe you'd prefer Morgan Freeman coolly telling callers to wait for the beep. Or perhaps having Betty White joke ...

Want some rules for making your voicemails more effective? Here they are. Forget them at your own risk. If you would like to leave a long, rambling message with no apparent point, please hang up now.

Turning off the outgoing message sound on your iPhone can be a simple yet effective way to reduce unnecessary noise, especially if you find the default "woosh" sound annoying. Here’s a step-by-step ...

SPRINGFIELD, N.H. (AP) — Jessie Levine smiles and shakes her head when she hears the outgoing voicemail message on her iPhone. "I sound young! And fast!" she marvels. "That person never, ever expected ...

If you would like to leave a long, rambling message with no apparent point, please hang up now. If you are calling to verify that your e-mail has been received, please go outside and do five laps ...