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From: Dave Farber <dave () farber net>
Date: Fri, 27 Jun 2003 07:29:12 -0400
------ Forwarded Message From: Jean Armour Polly <mom () netmom com> Date: Fri, 27 Jun 2003 01:22:25 -0400 To: Dave Farber <dave () farber net> Subject: donotcall.gov Dave- when will they start a DO NOT E-MAIL registry?? I registered my home phone and fax successfully (they send a verification email to you, you have to click on a link to verify) but never got an email back on the third number I added--my cell phone. Glitch? Anti-Telemarketing List Opens for Registration By Andy Sullivan WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Households frazzled by unwanted telephone sales calls could soon be enjoying the sounds of silence, thanks to a popular anti-telemarketing list that opens for registration on Friday. Federal officials said consumers are now able to place their home and mobile telephone numbers on a free, national "do not call list" of households that do not want to receive telephone sales calls, by logging on to (http://donotcall.gov) or calling 1-888-382-1222. Telemarketers who call numbers on the list after Oct. 1 will face penalties of up to $11,000 per call, as well as possible lawsuits from consumers and state attorneys general. <snip> http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&cid=569&ncid=578&e=3&u=/nm/20030 627/tc_nm/telecoms_telemarketing_dc -- Jean Armour Polly Net-mom's Internet Kids & Family Yellow Pages, 6th ed. (Oct 2001) http://www.netmom.com/ "Search engines are science, but directories are art." Net-mom says, "Have you labeled your site yet?" http://www.icra.org/ ------ End of Forwarded Message ------------------------------------- You are subscribed as interesting-people () lists elistx com To manage your subscription, go to http://v2.listbox.com/member/?listname=ip Archives at: http://www.interesting-people.org/archives/interesting-people/
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