and 
to enter your voice mail system.
to get to the main menu.
for personal options. for greetings. to change your personal greetings. to add or remove caller instructions.
if you do not want these instructions to be played.Well it is not really a conspiracy, but it is definitely a bunch of bullshit. The default setting for voice mail has a message that says:
At the tone, please record your voice message. When you are finished recording, you may hang up, or press "Pound" for more instructions.This makes it almost impossible to leave a message without going over 60 seconds (and needlessly charging us for an extra minute). This is how you remove the greeting:
and to enter your voice mail system. to get to the main menu. for personal options. for greetings. to change your personal greetings. to add or remove caller instructions. if you do not want these instructions to be played.Note: The exact wording may vary among different models of Sprint phones or plans, so you may want to listen to the prompts to verify. The numbers (though not the wording) were the same on the two versions we tested it on.