max@jma.UUCP (Max Heffler @ Landmark Graphics) (05/15/89)
My brother-in-law is looking for a PC compatible sales machine that will perform sequential dialing, deliver a message, detect answering machines, and accept voice recordings. Please send me Email on any such devices. Thanx in advance... -- Max Heffler uucp: ..!uunet!jma!max Landmark Graphics Corp. phone: (713) 579-4751 333 Cypress Run, Suite 100 Houston, Texas 77094
doc@holin.ATT.COM (David Mundhenk) (05/15/89)
In article <151@jma.UUCP> max@jma.UUCP (Max Heffler @ Landmark Graphics) writes: >My brother-in-law is looking for a PC compatible sales machine that >will perform sequential dialing, deliver a message, detect answering >machines, and accept voice recordings. Please send me Email on any >such devices. >Thanx in advance... > PLEASE HELP... I'm looking for an answering machine that will detect sales machine recordings and promptly HANG UP! There isn't going to be any room left on my tape for "REAL" messages! -Dave
mzal@pegasus.ATT.COM (Mike Zaleski) (05/15/89)
In article <151@jma.UUCP>: >... looking for a PC compatible sales machine that will perform >sequential dialing, deliver a message, detect answering >machines, and accept voice recordings. I am looking for a zapper which can automatically destroy these machines that are leaving 5 minute sales messages on my answering machine, or which can be manually used when one of these sequential dial-and-annoy devices drags me away from something more important than their message. >Please send me Email on any such devices. Thanx in advance... Ditto. -- "The Model Citizen" Mike^Z [ allegra, rutgers!att ] pegasus!mzal
mesmo@Portia.Stanford.EDU (Chris Johnson) (05/16/89)
In article <519@holin.ATT.COM> doc@holin.ATT.COM (David Mundhenk) writes: >In article <151@jma.UUCP> max@jma.UUCP (Mark Heffler) writes: >> >>My brother-in-law is looking for a PC compatible sales machine that >>will perform sequential dialing, deliver a message, detect answering >>machines, and accept voice recordings. Please send me Email on any >>such devices. >>Thanx in advance... > >PLEASE HELP... >>I'm looking for an answering machine that will detect sales machine >recordings and promptly HANG UP! >There isn't going to be any room left on my tape for "REAL" messages! Here in CA, there is a piece of legislation pending which would make UNSOLICITED electronic communications illegal -- this is intended to apply to junk fax mail, computer solicitations etc. The only improvement I suggest is a ban on ALL unsolicited sales-type phone calls, whether or not electronic. For those of you in less enlightened parts of the country, I strongly suggest you get on the backs of your local legislators in order to get a similar law put in effect. This has been discussed at length in comp.org.ieee if you are interested in further details. -- ============================================================================== Chris M Johnson === mesmo@portia.stanford.edu === "Grad school sucks rocks" "Imitation is the sincerest form of plagiarism" -- ALF ==============================================================================
vail@tegra.UUCP (Johnathan Vail) (05/16/89)
In article <2882@pegasus.ATT.COM> mzal@pegasus.ATT.COM (Mike Zaleski) writes: In article <151@jma.UUCP>: >... looking for a PC compatible sales machine that will perform >sequential dialing, deliver a message, detect answering >machines, and accept voice recordings. I am looking for a zapper which can automatically destroy these machines that are leaving 5 minute sales messages on my answering machine, or which can be manually used when one of these sequential dial-and-annoy devices drags me away from something more important than their message. Try just setting the phone down. If you hang up then the machine can go right on to bothering someone else. If you just leave the phone off hook you waste its time and *hopefully* burn up its dime. "I remember when the sea was full of fish with mysterious names: Mudrake, Cornsweat, Yasmuda, and there wasn't much to do in a day." _____ | | Johnathan Vail | tegra!N1DXG@ulowell.edu |Tegra| (508) 663-7435 | N1DXG@145.110-,145.270-,444.2+,448.625- -----
paul@deadpup.UUCP (paul) (05/20/89)
In article <504@atlas.tegra.UUCP>, vail@tegra.UUCP (Johnathan Vail) writes: > In article <2882@pegasus.ATT.COM> mzal@pegasus.ATT.COM (Mike Zaleski) writes: > > In article <151@jma.UUCP>: > >... looking for a PC compatible sales machine that will perform > >sequential dialing, deliver a message, detect answering > >machines, and accept voice recordings. > > I am looking for a zapper which can automatically destroy these > > Try just setting the phone down. If you hang up then the machine can > go right on to bothering someone else. I have encountered one such machine that when I used this technique kept calling me back every 30 min or so. Upon listening to the recording, I found that there was a point fairly early in the spiel where the victum was supposed to respond. Apparently no response to this initial query caused the bugger to hang up and call again later. Since then, I tend to put the handset on top of my computer, where the hum of the three muffin fans seems to keep the machine recording. Though I have also toyed with the idea of acquiring one of those small freon horns and giving whoever's on the other end a real surprise. Paul J. Mech oucsace.cs.OHIOU.EDU!deadpup!paul uiucuxc!oucs!oucsace!deadpup!paul