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From: danj1@ihlpz.att.com (Daniel Jacobson)
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Subject: Re: Some Callers and Answering Machines [no "Unsightly Residue"]
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Date: 26 Mar 91 20:51:31 GMT
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X-Telecom-Digest: Volume 11, Issue 243, Message 9 of 14

On 25 Mar 91 14:35:43 GMT, collins@wam.umd.edu (Bernard F. Collins)
said:

> The freedom to take or not to take a call is accompnied by
> the freedom to leave or not to leave a message.

With [a certain extra-large phone company... OK, AT&T]'s AUDIX system,
I now can allow callers to leave no "unsightly residue" of their
aborted attempt to call me.  My message:

"You have reached Dan Jacobson.  To leave no message, on your touch
tone phone press **9."


Disclaimer: this system appeared on my desk one day and I have no
comparison to other leading brands to give you, etc.

Dan_Jacobson@ATT.COM  Naperville IL USA  +1 708 979 6364