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From: barmar@mit-eddie.UUCP (Barry Margolin)
Newsgroups: net.followup
Subject: Re: Transmission of caller's phone number to called phone
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Date: Sun, 18-Sep-83 02:48:40 EDT
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Posted: Sun Sep 18 02:48:40 1983
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Someone recently made an analogy between junk mail and junk phone calls,
talking about a form that you can fill to prevent junk mail.  I believe
that what he is referring to is that you can fill out a form to get
yourself off a particular mailing list.  I think that most junk phone
calls are not done from lists, but are just done by calling all numbers
in sequence.  In other words, they are more like the stuff mailed to
"Occupant" than to stuff from mailing lists.  If someone is calling you
specifically because you are on some list then you can probably ask to
have your name taken off the list.  In the case of people calling you
because your number was next in line, the only recourse you have is to
hang up, which is analogous to throwing out the mail to "Occupant".
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			Barry Margolin
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