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From: wiebe@ut-ngp.UUCP (Anne Hill Wiebe)
Newsgroups: net.consumers
Subject: Re: Telephone mailing lists
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Date: Thu, 5-Dec-85 12:54:11 EST
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Posted: Thu Dec  5 12:54:11 1985
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In my area, (Austin, Texas), there are several new telephone services
being test-marketed, two of which would be a partial answer to "how do
you stop them".  With one service, you can temporarily eliminate all
calls except for those from a short list of desirable callers.  With
another of these, you provide the short list (or is it that you program
them in?) and you get a special ring for calls from those from whom you
really want calls.  Both of these are cheap services, for the future
anyway.

Second solution:  use an answering machine to screen your calls, pick
it up when you hear a voice leaving a message but you do want to talk
to that person.  Drawback:  not everyone calling you will like this,
not everyone will actually leave a message.  It does help if your
message is very short so they don't have to listen long; my answering
machine has a control for number of seconds for outgoing message.

Not perfect solutions, I know.
		Anne Wiebe