On Wed, 12 Sep 2012 07:16:07 -0500, "Atila Iskander"
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On Tue, 11 Sep 2012 17:34:08 -0400, wrote:

On Tue, 11 Sep 2012 11:44:03 -0500, wrote:

My landline phone is on the "Do Not Call" (DNC) list. That has stopped
most of the phone spam. However, I know that the DNC list does not
block political calls. With election time getting close, I'm getting
more of these. I dont want them. Particularly those that want my
opinion about candidates. This annoys me to no end.

1. I hate politics, and want no part of any of it. It's bad enough
seeing all the TV commercials that make every candidate look bad. I
wont vote for any *major party* candidate for any reason.

2. My choice of candidate is no one's business except my own, and I
refuse to tell anyone other than family members who I choose.

3. They are flooding my answering machine with this garbage, which is
causing me to lose important calls when the machine gets filled.

My phone is PRIVATE, and I dont want *anyone* calling it except persons
to whom I give my phone number.

Must I allow political calls on my phone, or is there some way to stop
them?

Until I do find a way to stop them, I will continue to be as rude and
nasty as I can to those who do call. Doing that just makes me hope they
get the message that I dont want them calling me.


Let the phone ring. Most robo callers hang up by the 4th ring. By the
second ring my caller ID on the TV has identified them anyway.
Sometimes I just pick up and hang up.

The problem is that they leave this **** on my answering machine, and
fill it up, thus I lose important calls. I rarely answer any phone.
Evne my cell is normally turned off unless I want to make a call. What
****es me off, is that the DNC still allows political calls. DO NOT
CALL should mean exactly what it says. Just because *some* people get
all hyped up over elections, does not mean all of us give a damn. As
far as I'm concerned, whoever gets elected is going to do that same
thing (Nothing).

I often wondered if the robo dialer was smart enough to hear a fax
machine and remove the number from the list.
Sending an unsolicited fax is a federal crime so I doubt they would do
that.



Do you have a modem on your computer ?
If yes, hook it up
Then install something called PhoneTray
http://www.phonetray.com/

Better hurry. Both producst are disappearing "on September 15", which
is 2 or 3 days from now.

But if you get them now


PhoneTray Dialup will be discontinued on September 15th, 2012.

You will not be able to purchase PhoneTray Dialup after this date and
new versions of PhoneTray Dialup will not be released.

Your purchased version of PhoneTray Dialup will continue to work
forever and we will continue to provide technical support to paid
customers. AND

You will not be able to download PhoneTray Free after this date and
new versions of PhoneTray Free will not be released.

Your installed version of PhoneTray Free will continue to work forever
but technical support will be provided only to customers who paid for
PhoneTray Free.


It sounds like I have to both dl and install PTFree for it to work

System Requirements:
Windows 98, Windows ME, Windows 2000, Windows XP, Windows 2003,
Windows Vista or Windows 7
Caller ID capable modem
Caller ID service from your local phone company I don't have
that, but most people do. I was thinking of getting it, so I'll dl
t his thing, I'm sure they won't mind.

Also there
Additional Downloads
Voices for Windows XP and Windows 2003
Download additional announcer voices. Includes:
Microsoft Mary voice (English)
Microsoft Mike voice (English)

Direct Download (4 MB) | Alternative Download Link (4 MB)
Speech Engine for Windows 98, Windows ME and Windows 2000
Download this to get voice announcements on Windows 98, Windows ME and
Windows 2000. Includes:
Text-to-Speech Engine
Microsoft Mary voice (English)
Microsoft Mike voice (English)
Microsoft Sam voice (English)




There's even more sophisticated software out there that can do more.