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- From: ndallen@r-node.gts.org (Nigel Allen)
- Newsgroups: ont.general,tor.general,alt.dcom.telecom,misc.consumers
- Subject: Re: Junk FAX
- Message-ID: <1992Nov16.053537.23315@r-node.gts.org>
- Date: 16 Nov 92 05:35:37 GMT
- References: <1992Nov9.133800.24913@analsyn.gts.org>
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- Organization: Echo Beach, Toronto
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- In article <1992Nov9.133800.24913@analsyn.gts.org> anton@analsyn.gts.org (Anton J Aylward) writes:
- >If some promotion company uses an autodialer and tape message to keep
- >calling me, soliciting for support for tax reform, to think of just one
- >subject I have been harassed by, I can call Bell and complain, and eventually
- >get something done.
- >
- >How about FAXes ?
- >I am getting faxes sent in the early hours to my home number from
- >
- > Mark Muchnick
- > World Computers Ltd
- > Seattle, WA
- >
- >Not only is this information of no interest or relevance to me, but it
- >comes a couple of times a week between 4am and 6am.
-
- If a legitimate business is sending you unwanted faxes, the best way to get
- the faxes to stop is to ask the company to stop.
-
- This will work quite well if the company is spending the cost of a long-distance
- call to get the fax to you.
-
- On the other hand, one Toronto-based company that operates
- several 976 numbers likes to send out faxes promoting those
- numbers. It seems to ignore requests to remove fax machines
- from the junk fax list.
-
- But in your case, a one-paragraph letter sent by fax should work
- quite nicely.
-
- The same thing applies for local travel agencies, computer dealers
- and office supply dealers, who don't generally want to annoy
- people unncessarily.
-
- Nigel Allen
-