Even if it doesn't, I sure wish that I'd thought of it. They seem to be selling well at our local Radio Shaft store. Telemarketers must be REALLY annoying to get people to cough up $80Can for these boxes. It would be fairly trivial to record the "dooo toooo dweeep" tones of an 'out of service' message and replay them using a PIC. Someone probably has a web site out there with the .wav file and the tone specs . rad0 wrote: > > does this thing actually work? How could you tell? Does anyone have any ideas for doing this with Spam? I tried using fake 'Unable to deliver' messages posing as postmaster at UAlberta.ca, but concluded that it wasn't helping since the spammers were simply using CD-ROM data bases of addresses. Robert > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Jim" > To: > Sent: Sunday, March 03, 2002 5:34 PM > Subject: Re: [OT]: Telezapper? > > > Telezapper is suppsoed to simulate telco 'line > > out-of-service/disconnected' tones ... > > > > 'Dialer' (automated dialing system) of telemarketer > > then supposedly 'removes' this number for dialing > > (because, after all, "time is money"). > > > > Jim > > ----- Original Message ----- > > From: "Howard McGinnis" > > To: > > Sent: Sunday, March 03, 2002 5:25 PM > > Subject: [OT]: Telezapper? > > > > > > > Any idea on how the Telezapper functions? This device supposedly removes > a > > > telephone number from the telemarketer's computer dialer, but is this > done > > > in conjunction with the telephone company? > > > > > > Thanks > > > Howard > -- http://www.piclist.com hint: The list server can filter out subtopics (like ads or off topics) for you. See http://www.piclist.com/#topics