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Subject: Re: The "Standards" Game
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On Tue, 2 Dec 2025 00:49:22 -0500, c186282 wrote:

>    Hmmm ... I get a number of consistent robo-callers. Not 100% sure how
>    it might work, but if I recorded the USA "number is disconnected"
>    tones and played it to their machine when they called, would it do
>    any good ?

I don't know how it works. I have the ringer on the phone turned off but I 
do hear the outgoing message on the answering machine when it triggers. 
Whatever it is disconnects immediately. The message is a generic female 
voice that came with the machine.