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Re: [ECS] CID Zardoz Tue, 13 Oct 1998 17:28:28 -0600

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Well that's not it entirely. What I would be looking for was for this to be
happening in real time. So that if the person did have the "password" it
would not go to a message but ring through to the phone to be answered by
me.

George

-----Original Message-----
From: Mark Gilmore <markgilmore@cococo.net>
To: ecs-list@vancouver.ml.org <ecs-list@vancouver.ml.org>
Date: Tuesday, October 13, 1998 5:00 PM
Subject: Re: [ECS] CID


>Hi Zardoz,
>I've been offline for a while.
>Was your question answered ?
>If not, yes - ECS can do what you need, though
>I am unsure of the exact details. I think the
>fastest/easiest method would be to have the
>user enter a "password" (digits followed by
>"#"). ECS could record the msg upon detecting
>a valud password.
>
>
>Zardoz wrote:
>>
>> I don't have ECS yet, but I have been following this and other lists to
>> decide what program I wanted to invest in. This particular subject is one
of
>> importance to me and I have been looking for a solution to it.
>>
>> What you will find is that the vast majority of the "out of area" calls
are
>> phone solicitors. Some are also long distance phone carriers that buy
blocks
>> of time and resell them. Now what I want to do is have a program that
will
>> answer the "out of area" calls before my phone rings, and if it is a
known
>> friend or family member (like my son), then they can punch in a code
number
>> and it will ring through, otherwise it hangs up without me ever being
>> disturbed.
>>
>> Any possibilities of this???
>>
>> George
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: Mark Sekelsky <Mark@sekelsky.com>
>> To: ecs-list@vancouver.ml.org <ecs-list@vancouver.ml.org>;
>> Ckeyes@global.california.com <Ckeyes@global.california.com>
>> Date: Monday, October 12, 1998 6:20 PM
>> Subject: RE: [ECS] CID
>>
>> >Carl,
>> >
>> >Out-of-area could be very "legitimate."  It means that they have their
>> >number blocked, are using a provider that doesn't support CID or I would
>> >guess there could be something on your providers end.  The only two
numbers
>> >that I personally have that are Out-of-area but I know who they are are
my
>> >Mom in Red Wing MN and a friend of my wife's in Mpls. MN.  Both use some
>> >obscure provider for long distance.
>> >
>> >When I first started my phone event I found that whopping *60%* of all
>> calls
>> >were from out-of area.  That number has now come down but it still runs
a
>> >good 40% of all my calls.  If you take a look at my event (if you still
>> have
>> >the .cfg file) you can see how I handle any call that is Private or
>> >out-of-area.
>> >
>> >Mark S
>> >
>>
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