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From: Mitch Wagner <wagner@utoday.com>
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Subject: Re: Leaving Brief Messages With Free Collect Calls
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Date: 30 Aug 90 13:49:42 GMT
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What is "toll saver"?


Mitch Wagner

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Moderator's Note: "Toll Saver" is a way of saving money on calls to
answering machines by having the machine not pick up until after
several rings if there are no messages received. If a message is on
the tape, then the answering machine picks up immediatly, on the first
or second ring, as you have it set. If there are no messages, then the
owner calling in knows to hang up after about the third ring so no
charge will be made to call an answering machine which has nothing to
say.  Its a little more involved than that, but that is the idea.  PAT]