This has nothing to do with Emailer, but since there was a discussion about SPAM that led to comments about telemarketing calls, I thought some of you might be interested in a new service offered by PacBell that has effectively eliminated EVERY telemarketing call (I work out of my home and I used to average 15-20 telemarketing calls a DAY). It's called Privacy Manager. Whenever a call comes through from a "blocked" caller ID the person on the other end hears a message that says, "This number does not accept calls from blocked numbers. If you would like to have your call go through, you can choose one of the following three options: press zero now so your name and number appears, or press one to record your name, or press 2 to be directed to voice mail." If the caller chooses option one, my phone rings and I see their caller ID info and decide whether or not to pick up the call. If they choose option 2, my phone rings, my caller ID indicates "privacy manager call" and when I pick it up a recorded message says "you have a call from.... (and then you hear the person saying their name). To accept this call press one." I then press one and say hello and start the conversation. If the caller chooses option 3 the phone never rings -- the message just goes directly to my voice mail. I have the option to customize the filters and to plug in an unlimited amount of phone numbers of friends who I know have blocked numbers so their calls can come through without going through the filter. I've had the service now for two weeks and it is wonderful--not ONE telemarketing call since the service began! It cost me $3.00/month to add this service to my existing services (i.e., caller ID, call forwarding, call waiting, etc.). Well worth it!
Carol Hansen Grey On 8/18/02 4:00 AM, David Groover <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> beamed this message into cyberspace: >I just hate it when the advertiser intrudes uninvited into my personal >space. Like a telemarketer calling at dinner time. Or one of those sneaky >Bulk (US) mail grams that looks important enough, has no return address >and for the moment fools me into opening it. > >PS - I've heard that the "TeleZapper", a product that generates a brief >tone on answering a call and knocks your number off of those computer >generated auto dialers, really does cut way down on the telemarketers. I >wish some enterprising computer geek could figure out something similar >for the spammers. ___________________________________________________________________________ To unsubscribe send a mail message with a SUBJECT line of "unsubscribe" to <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> or <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
