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From: radius!lemke@apple.com (Steve Lemke)
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Subject: Re: Answering Machine Messages
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Date: 10 Sep 90 20:09:19 GMT
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PMW1@psuvm.psu.edu (Peter M. Weiss) writes:

>For the sake of your associates/friends who call you over toll
>facilities, I would think it appropriate to have your OGM be as short
>as possible.

Or, just get a machine that lets you punch in the "#" key to skip the
outgoing message altogether.  Many machines will do this (and
voicemail systems, too), even if the person who's machine it is
doesn't _realize_ that it can do this.  Try it next time you talk to
an answering machine.

In addition, date and time stamp is becoming quite popular these days,
and most people who call my machine now know that I have it and that
they no longer have to tell me what time they're calling.  And again,
most voicemail systems also time stamp incoming messages.

When I first got my present machine (the Panasonic one that someone
mentioned also functions as a room "bug"), my message said something
like "Hi, this is Steve.  Although my new machine will tell me what
day and time you called, it doesn't know your name or number so please
leave that at the tone."


Steve Lemke, Engineering Quality Assurance, Radius Inc., San Jose
Reply to: lemke@radius.com     (Note: NEW domain-style address!!)