Method for call screening in a voice mail system

Methods of call screening in a voice mail system are provided. In one embodiment, the method may comprise, for example, one or more of the following: receiving an indication of an incoming call for a voice mail system subscriber, the incoming call originating from a caller's telephone to a subscriber's telephone; indicating by the subscriber that call screening of the incoming call is desired; routing the incoming call to be recorded in a subscriber's voice mail box as a caller's voice message; and initiating call screening of the caller's voice message by establishing a three-way connection between the caller's telephone, the subscriber's telephone, and the centralized voice mail system, the subscriber's telephone being in a "mute" mode.