1. This information can be passed between the network and the user end-point at call set-up time.

2. An automated, flexible and programmable system to update delivery and inventory status for an aggregate of remote mailboxes (27), bins, shelves, sorter bins, and/or a plurality of bins to distant customers and vendors through email, pager, personal digital assistant (PDA), cellular phone mail, voice mail at call centers and/or web site mailboxes.