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From: mar@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Mark A. Rosenstein)
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Subject: Re: "no main list"
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Date: Thu, 1-Oct-87 13:56:39 EDT
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In article <12338658193.15.AWALKER@RED.RUTGERS.EDU> AWalker@RED.RUTGERS.EDU (*Hobbit*) writes:
>If the number doesn't appear in the directory, what's the difference between
>that and having it "unlisted"?
>
>_H*
>-------

There are three directories: the printed phonebook, the one that
information operators look things up in, and the complete listing.
Non-published (as opposed to non-listed) means that the number isn't
in the printed phonebook, but information will give someone the
number.  This avoids calls from people who scan phonebooks, but still
allows someone who knows your name to get your number.  There are a
lot of numbers that information has that are not in the published
phonebook.  For example, in many places the phone company refuses to
publish the numbers for lesbian and gay organizations, although the
numbers are available through information.
					-Mark