Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!usc!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!pacific.mps.ohio-state.edu!linac!att!pacbell.com!ucsd!casbah.acns.nwu.edu!nucsrl!telecom-request From: peter@taronga.hackercorp.com (Peter da Silva) Newsgroups: comp.dcom.telecom Subject: Re: Caller*ID Message-ID: Date: 18 Feb 91 00:13:09 GMT Sender: news@casbah.acns.nwu.edu Organization: A corner of our bedroom Lines: 16 Approved: Telecom@eecs.nwu.edu X-Submissions-To: telecom@eecs.nwu.edu X-Administrivia-To: telecom-request@eecs.nwu.edu X-Telecom-Digest: Volume 11, Issue 128, Message 4 of 9 In article , herbison@ultra.enet.dec.com (B.J. 15-Feb-1991 1359) writes: > My first thought was large numbers of people exchanging lists of > telemarketer numbers. My second thought was the problems caused > when a telemarketer changes numbers and someone else gets the number > -- someone who is a friend or a potential client. That's the user's problem. The simplest solution would be to expire numbers after a time period. That way you may eventually get called by that telemarketer again, but then you add it to the list and you're safe from bothersome calls for another six months. (peter@taronga.uucp.ferranti.com)