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From: karl@ficc.ferranti.com (Karl Lehenbauer)
Subject: Re: Caller ID problems
Message-ID: <ERGAZOD@xds12.ferranti.com>
Reply-To: karl@ficc.ferranti.com (Karl Lehenbauer)
Organization: Ferranti International Controls Corporation
References: <13945@helios.TAMU.EDU> <1991Mar30.230852.9730@menudo.uh.edu> <13948@helios.TAMU.EDU> <1991Apr1.024412.6474@menudo.uh.edu> <1991Apr1.185518.9876@jato.jpl.nasa.gov> <1991Apr02.053541.27508@looking.on.ca>
Date: Wed, 3 Apr 91 19:20:23 GMT

In article <1991Apr02.053541.27508@looking.on.ca> brad@looking.on.ca (Brad Templeton) writes:
>Caller ID is not enough on its own.  To really work properly, you want
>to send all sorts of other info in the packet, including the type of
>call and priority of call.

Yeah, I favor an "unsolicited business or charity call/money request" bit or
bits to screen out all of the tape recorders telling me I've just won 
something fabulous, Shriner and police association variants bugging me for
money, etc, etc.  (I mentioned this in a RISKS posting several months ago.)
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