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In message <[email protected]>, "Stephen Sprun k" writes: > >Thus spake "Tomas Daniska" <[email protected]> >> A: No. Placing your number on the National Do Not Call Registry will stop >most, but not all, telemarketing calls. Some businesses are exempt from the >national registry and still can call you even if you place your number on >it. Exempt businesses include: >> >> long-distance phone companies >> airlines >> banks and credit unions; and >> the business of insurance, to the extent that it is regulated by state >law. >> ... political organizations, charities, telephone surveyors or ... > >Nearly every call I get today is by companies on the 'exempt' list, go >figure. > Oh, it might get worse -- here's the first paragraph of a Wall Street Journal story: NEW YORK -- With millions of people signing up to stop receiving pesky sales calls, the nation's biggest marketers are preparing a new round of potentially annoying advertising pitches via e-mail and direct mail. Oh, joy -- more spam instead of telemarketers. --Steve Bellovin, http://www.research.att.com/~smb (me) http://www.wilyhacker.com (2nd edition of "Firewalls" book)
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