On Tue, 15 May 2001, Robin Szemeti wrote:
> On Tue, 15 May 2001, Martin Ling wrote:
> > On Tue, May 15, 2001 at 12:04:24PM +0100, James Powell wrote:
> > >
> > > Heh, don't forget to have a RBL-like list of source telephone numbers.
> >
> > Definitely. A whitelist too, of course.
> >
> > > And if it's withheld, answer with a terse message and disconnect.
> >
> > No; many people withhold automatically, it a legitimate privacy concern.
>
> ??? ... its simple. If they choose to withhold their number I choose to
> reject their call. they can always dial <code> to release their number if
> they choose. Many large organisations have an alternate presentation
> number so you get the number of the switchboard ratehr than the office
> extension number. I simply don't want people phoning me up who refuse to
> own up to who they are before they invade my privacy.
>
I also have killfile entries for all the usenet anonymizers that I know
of for precisely the same reason.
/J\
