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From: eli@pws.bull.com (Steve Elias)
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Subject: John's 3AM Call / Wrong Numbers
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Date: 12 Jun 90 09:42:39 GMT
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John, why not just unplug your ringer at night and leave an answering
machine or voice mail online?  I know that there's always the
possibility of those feared "emergency" calls late at night, but I get
so many wrong numbers (at *all* hours), that I usually leave my home
phone forwarded to voice mail.  I screen calls almost all the time
with this system.  It works well because I can receive incoming
messages even when I'm on another call.  And I sleep much better at
night, knowing that the wrong number bozos (and other obnoxious late
night callers) can only give me one short ring and that they get a
machine instead of sleepy me answering the phone.


/eli