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Recycles dryer sheets
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Our landline phone/anwering machine/recorder just died in a recent thunderstorm and we're now in the market for a new device which is at least as good as the one we had.
I recall reading a thread back in the early 2000's and one of features I saw mentioned was the ability to create a list in the machine (sort of like the contact list in Outlook). The phone would then screen all incoming calls and any number NOT on the list would be sent straight to the recorder to take a message without ever ringing the phone (i.e. no more solicitors, evangelists, missionaries, politicians, robocalls, etc). Plain and simple. I searched for this thread (to see if the idea ever went anywhere) and to see if I could purchase such a device today.
Alas, no luck....
Could not find the thread and could not find any phones with such a feature. The only thing that came close was the ability to add a number to a black list which would cause the number to be rejected in the future. Since the unwanted callers have gotten quite sophisticated, such a list would be absolutely useless (as is the federal do not call list).
Does anyone remember the thread and what ever came of it or do you know of any devices that would help to prevent unwanted calls as described in the previous para? Don't worry, I am NOT worried about missing ANY calls from numbers I don't recognize! They can merely leave a message.
I recall reading a thread back in the early 2000's and one of features I saw mentioned was the ability to create a list in the machine (sort of like the contact list in Outlook). The phone would then screen all incoming calls and any number NOT on the list would be sent straight to the recorder to take a message without ever ringing the phone (i.e. no more solicitors, evangelists, missionaries, politicians, robocalls, etc). Plain and simple. I searched for this thread (to see if the idea ever went anywhere) and to see if I could purchase such a device today.
Alas, no luck....
Could not find the thread and could not find any phones with such a feature. The only thing that came close was the ability to add a number to a black list which would cause the number to be rejected in the future. Since the unwanted callers have gotten quite sophisticated, such a list would be absolutely useless (as is the federal do not call list).
Does anyone remember the thread and what ever came of it or do you know of any devices that would help to prevent unwanted calls as described in the previous para? Don't worry, I am NOT worried about missing ANY calls from numbers I don't recognize! They can merely leave a message.