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From: gast@maui.cs.ucla.edu (David Gast)
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Subject: Re: Idea to help curb unwanted junk mail
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Date: 1 Jun 91 01:26:05 GMT
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In article <1028@camco.Celestial.COM> bill@camco.Celestial.COM (Bill Campbell) writes:

>I'd MUCH rather get junk mail than junk phone calls in the
>evening (I WANT CALLER-ID TO PREVENT THIS INVASION OF MY
>PRIVACY). 

Unfortunately, CID won't help much here.  Most junk phone callers call
from out of state and/or from DID lines.  The former do not send CID yet,
and the latter do not send it because there is no incoming number associated
with the line.  Even if you got a number, would it help you if 256-2343
was the number of the junker on Tuesday and on Wednesday the junker calls
from 257-2341?

Just let your answering machine pick up the phone.  Junkers usually
do not leave messages and if they do, you can ignore it.

The telco certainly is not pushing CID to reduce junk phone calls.  They
get paid for those.  If they wanted to help you reduce junk phone calls,
they would implement another system.

David