A footbath system for livestock includes a water andor chemical containment tank, a footbath pan with a drainage exit door, non-turbulent flow, and a multiple branch system. When a new location is added, a pointer to the address of the new location is stored at the location of a preceding value for that item. Key elements are identified from the resulting text transcription to aid the recipient in processing received voice mails based on the significant content contained in the voice mail. When communicating with external PSTN nodes, the mated pair of routing nodes uses the shared point code.