Date: Mon, 20 Dec 1999 23:38:55 +0100 (CET) From: Leif Neland <leif@neland.dk> To: Hellmuth Michaelis <hm@kts.org> Cc: freebsd-isdn@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: logging incoming calls Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.4.05.9912202335320.76528-100000@arnold.neland.dk> In-Reply-To: <19991220085253.D95BC17E5@bert.kts.org>
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> > If so, I'd like to make the machine hangup the connection after scolding > > the caller for being so rude as to hide the number... > > There are valid reasons - even for normal human beings - to suppress one's > caller id. > > Consider the following (which occurs frequently here): a technican is > calling a customer from home - in case you _don't_ suppress your caller > id then, the customer has your home number and you can be shure that from > then on he will call you at home if he has problems, no matter if it is > weekends, holidays or at 2 o'clock in the night (now don't misunderstand > me here, my customers have my private telephone number ... ;-) ). > > There are several other scenarios where it is acceptable and necessary > to suppress your caller id for privacy reasons. It has nothing to do with > being rude IMHO. > OK, I accept these reasons for being anonymous. However, I reserve the right to not accept anonymous calls at home, just as I refuse to open the door if somebody blocks the spyhole in it, or hide their faces behind a mask :-) Let's stop this now. Leif To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-isdn" in the body of the message
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