[27007] in North American Network Operators' Group
RE: junk fax
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Derek J. Balling)
Fri Feb 4 15:16:09 2000
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Date: Fri, 04 Feb 2000 12:06:41 -0800
To: "Roeland M.J. Meyer" <rmeyer@mhsc.com>,
"Randy Bush" <randy@psg.com>, <nanog@merit.edu>
From: "Derek J. Balling" <dredd@megacity.org>
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No, actually, the procedure is to sue the sender and make a decent amount
of money off of them. That's FAR more effective than just stopping them
from calling a particular phone number. :)
D
At 11:58 AM 2/4/00 -0800, Roeland M.J. Meyer wrote:
>You've been getting these too?
>
>I just called PacBell and this is the procedure they told me;
>
>1) Pick up the line and DO NOT let it HANG UP... keep the line open.
>2) Dial ANY seven digits followed by the "#" key.
>
>What this is supposed to do is notify the FAX machine at the other end to
>not dial your number anymore. So far, this has worked.
>
>
>
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: owner-nanog@merit.edu [mailto:owner-nanog@merit.edu]On Behalf Of
> > Randy Bush
> > Sent: Friday, February 04, 2000 11:00 AM
> > To: nanog@merit.edu
> > Subject: junk fax
> >
> >
> >
> > to where does one submit formal complaints of junk fax?
> >
