Abstract: A method for notifying a user about the presence of a message (NN) intended for him and stored in one or more storage devices (SE), whereby the status of a storage device (SE) is monitored by a monitoring device (ÜE) and, depending on the result of the monitoring, a notification is generated which indicates the presence of a message (NN) or the number of messages (NN). This notification is subsequently transmitted to a broadcast transmitter device (RSE), broadcast by the broadcast transmitter device (RSE), received by a broadcast receiver device (REE) assigned to the user, forwarded by the receiver device (REE) to the output device (AE) and output on the output device (AE). The invention further relates to a monitoring device (ÜE) which enables the method according to the invention to be implemented.