On Sat, 13 Jun 2015 08:53:35 -0600, Michael Torrie wrote: > On 06/13/2015 08:42 AM, alister wrote: >> On Fri, 12 Jun 2015 19:47:18 -0600, Michael Torrie wrote: >> >>> On 06/12/2015 04:20 PM, Seymore4Head wrote: >>>> Is there a program what runs on Windows that uses a national >>>> blacklist to block phone calls? >>> >>> I'm sure you could install and use the Asterisk PBX software, and I >>> bet people have made scripts for it to block calls in this way. >>> You'll need to take your question to the asterisk mailing list though. >> >> & you will still be wasting your time. >> the scumbags change numbers regularly & will also withhold it >> >> it is like fighting the hydra, for every 1 you block 2 more appear > > Sure but with a proper PBX, you can stop almost all telemarketers right > at the door with a touch-tone menu. They don't have the time (money) to > wait if you don't answer right away.
I have considered that approach on many occasions but it would make life difficult for genuine callers. Now I just play with them to waste there time you would not believe how many are stupid enough to bite when you say "I don't deal with disreputable companies" :-) the current record is 15 minutes for one wally who spent 15 minutes listening to silence while i left the phone off the hook in another room ( & i had even told him that was what i was about to do) that was 15 minutes he was not bothering someone else. -- <Palisade> how are we going to pronounce '00 or '01 or '02 and so on? <Deek> Say goodbye to the nineties, say hello to the naughties. :) -- https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
