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From: pmh@burl.UUCP (pmh)
Newsgroups: net.followup
Subject: Answering Machine Messages...
Message-ID: <469@burl.UUCP>
Date: Mon, 21-May-84 12:34:20 EDT
Article-I.D.: burl.469
Posted: Mon May 21 12:34:20 1984
Date-Received: Tue, 22-May-84 07:14:20 EDT
Organization: AT&T Technologies; Burlington, NC
Lines: 18

(the sound of bugs munching at your foundation)
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Three tones ascending in pitch and then:
The number you have reached, (insert your number here), is in
service. Please leave a message at the sound of the tone. If you
need assistance, please hang up, no operator will call. <<beep>>

another very effective one would be simply:
--Hello?--
(no beep follows the hello)

-- 
From the non-linear mind of a non-anonymous hacker!!
				Pete Hermsen
				PO Box 2304
				Burlington, NC 27216
				(919) 228-4215 (w)