1. A system for handling a call placed from a caller to a called user, comprising: a voice message system, said voice message system handling said call if said called user fails to answer said call, said voice message system maintaining an inbox for said called user; a presence indication mechanism adapted to communicate a presence status of said called user to said voice message system, said voice message system further adapted to play a greeting indicative of said communicated presence status if said presence status is an active state.