Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!swrinde!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!samsung!umich!mailrus!accuvax.nwu.edu!news From: news@accuvax.nwu.edu (USENET News System) Newsgroups: comp.dcom.telecom Subject: Re: Answering Machine Security Message-ID: <9623@accuvax.nwu.edu> Date: 10 Jul 90 05:43:20 GMT Organization: FidoNet node 1:161/555 - MacCircles, Pleasanton CA Lines: 13 Approved: Telecom@eecs.nwu.edu X-Submissions-To: telecom@eecs.nwu.edu X-Administrivia-To: telecom-request@eecs.nwu.edu X-Telecom-Digest: Volume 10, Issue 476, Message 3 of 11 You may not want to go to the trouble, but you can ask the phone company to put a trap on your line which will record the number of all calls coming in. You may also want to look into having a house sitter sit and note the time of all calls, especially the ones which erase your messages. That way the caller can be i.d.'d, but most telcos don't seem to want to do this kind of thing unless the local PD tells them to. James Zuchelli - via FidoNet node 1:125/777 UUCP: ...!sun!hoptoad!fidogate!161!555!James.Zuchelli INTERNET: James.Zuchelli@f555.n161.z1.FIDONET.ORG