Too bad there aren't more creative ways to deal Spammers as there are with
Telemarketers:
Telemarketer calls and you say, "could you hold on a minute the cops are at
the door." Too bad we can't do that with e-mail.
----- Original Message -----
From: "R. Scott Perry" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Tuesday, June 05, 2001 5:52 AM
Subject: Re[2]: [IMail Forum] ORBS - blacklist not the answer
>
> >i think I probably get over 10 telemarketers a day...
> >
> >in fact i find those far more obtrusive than spam email. i have to
> >stand up to answer the phone....
>
> There are some virtually foolproof ways to deal with telemarketers:
>
> [1] When standing up to telemarketers, be sure NOT to say "I'm not
> interested". Translated to telemarketerese, that's "I'll be interested in
> a month or two". Do not say "Please take me off your list" -- this means
> "Please call me back again" (rather, "Please take me off your 'do not call
> list'"). If you don't want them calling back, the key words are "Please
put
> me on your do not call list". If you say those magic words, they can't
> call back for 10 years (in the U.S., at least!).
>
> [2] Get Caller-ID. I have yet to see a telemarketer that didn't show up
as
> "Unavailable" (or "Private" occasionally for local telemarketers) , but
> have never seen a non-telemarketer show up as "Unavailable". If someone
> does, they can leave a message on the answering machine.
>
> [3] Buy one of those gizmos that you add to your phone where you can just
> press a button as soon as you recognize the call to be from a
telemarketer,
> and it will automatically send the "Do not call list" speech and hang up
> for you. That's for the really timid people, but would get the job done.
>
> -Scott
>
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