X-FeedAbuse: http://nntpfeed.proxad.net/abuse.pl feeded by 88.191.16.109 Path: csiph.com!x330-a1.tempe.blueboxinc.net!usenet.pasdenom.info!news.dougwise.org!nntpfeed.proxad.net!nospam.fr.eu.org!usenet-fr.net!nerim.net!proxad.net!feeder1-2.proxad.net!74.125.46.80.MISMATCH!postnews.google.com!news1.google.com!npeer01.iad.highwinds-media.com!news.highwinds-media.com!feed-me.highwinds-media.com!nx02.iad01.newshosting.com!newshosting.com!novia!news-out.readnews.com!news-xxxfer.readnews.com!news.misty.com!news.iecc.com!not-for-mail From: Dave Garland Newsgroups: comp.dcom.telecom Subject: Re: Looks like "fake caller ID" laws are about to get a boost [telecom] Date: Fri, 29 Apr 2011 15:50:42 -0500 Organization: The Telecom Digest Lines: 20 Sender: news@iecc.com Approved: telecom-moderator@telecom.csail.mit.edu Message-ID: References: <20110429000058.19922.qmail@gal.iecc.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: news.iecc.com Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-Trace: gal.iecc.com 1304143867 11546 64.57.183.58 (30 Apr 2011 06:11:07 GMT) X-Complaints-To: abuse@iecc.com NNTP-Posting-Date: Sat, 30 Apr 2011 06:11:07 +0000 (UTC) MBOX-Line: From news@eternal-september.org Fri Apr 29 20:50:56 2011 User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US; rv:1.9.2.17) Gecko/20110414 Lightning/1.0b2 Thunderbird/3.1.10 In-Reply-To: Cancel-Lock: sha1:HLXZHjGcrE3gJQxdZnC8BeCfXIc= Xref: x330-a1.tempe.blueboxinc.net comp.dcom.telecom:539 On 4/29/2011 1:22 AM, Hal Murray wrote: > I've been on the DNC list since it started. > > I get one or two a week. They are mostly for local businesses > like carpet cleaning and air duct cleaning. They call again and > again and again. I recognize them. > > I got one from from Heather at Account Services this morning. > > I get occasional mortgage or credit card stuff. Likewise. But at least with VoIP I can set up a filter, so that the next time they call from that number, it gets a "The number you have dialed has been disconnected" (or busy, or hangup). If I was energetic enough, I could make a custom intercept recording tailored to spammers. Dave