SYSTEM APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR APPLYING VOICE MAIL SHORT CODES IN A BROADCAST MESSAGE SYSTEM

An apparatus for bypassing outgoing voice mail greetings automatically in a broadcast messaging system has a processor in operative communication with an NPANXX database, an NPAC database, an OCN database and a voice mail short code database. The processor is configured to retrieve a telephone number to be called and to identify for the telephone number an OCN from the NPANXX database, identify a current carrier from the OCN database, and to identify a voice mail short code from the voice mail short code database. The processor then associates the current correct voice mail short code with the telephone number to be called.