Voicemail archival and forwarding functionality for communications networks and devices

A method comprising:

• receiving, at a processor, a message directed to a device of a user;
• receiving, at the processor, a first command to archive the message;
• in response to receiving the command, moving, by the processor, a copy of the message to an archived portion of the memory to store the copy of the message, wherein the copy of the message moved to the archived portion of a memory is an archived copy of the message;
• initiating, by the processor, a timer for the archived copy of the message indicating an amount of time the archived copy of the message will be stored;
• after initiating the timer for the archived copy of the message, receiving, by the processor, a save message command from the device of the user;
• and
• in response to receiving the save message from the device of the user, reinitiating, by the processor, the timer for the archived copy of the message to restart the amount of time the archived copy of the message will be stored.

A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium storing instructions that, when executed by a processor, cause the processor to perform operations comprising:

• receiving a message directed to a device of a user;
• receiving a first command to archive the message;
• in response to receiving the command, moving a copy of the message to an archived portion of a memory to store the copy of the message, wherein the copy of the message moved to the archived portion of the memory is an archived copy of the message;
• initiating a timer for the archived copy of the message indicating an amount of time the archived copy of the message will be stored;
• after initiating the timer for the archived copy of the message, receiving a save message command from the device of the user;
• and
• in response to receiving the save message from the device of the user, reinitiating the timer for the archived copy of the message to restart the amount of time the archived copy of the message will be stored.