On 5/3/2013 10:09 AM, barbie gee wrote:
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> On Fri, 3 May 2013, jmcquown wrote:
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>> On 5/3/2013 7:47 AM, heyjoe wrote:
>>> On Thu, 02 May 2013 14:23:21 -0400, jmcquown wrote:
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>>>> having the phone ringing many times a day only to hear
>>>> <click> when the machine kicks in is driving me to distraction.
>>>
>>> So . . . turn the ringer on the telephone off. You'll still be able to
>>> hear the <click> and your intro message to alert you that someone is
>>> calling.
>>>
>>> Go the extra mile and start off your answering machine intro message
>>> with the phone company's tone that indicates the phone has been
>>> disconnected, then dead air for about five seconds before your message
>>> starts (google for the "phone has been disconnected" tone"). A couple
>>> of months of that will get you off a lot of call lists, with no effort
>>> on your part.
>>>
>>>
>> Now that's a good idea!
>
> but what about legitimate callers? won't they think your phone is
> disconnected, if they don't listen to the rest of the message?
>
Hmmm, yeah. Cute idea but it could confuse legitimate (business)
callers. Sometimes I do get out of state calls that are related to
banking, etc. and they wouldn't know what to make of it.

Jill