From owner-freebsd-isdn Mon Dec 20 14:39:14 1999 Delivered-To: freebsd-isdn@freebsd.org Received: from arnold.neland.dk (mail.neland.dk [194.255.12.232]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id A7EE115082 for ; Mon, 20 Dec 1999 14:39:06 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from leif@neland.dk) Received: from localhost (leif@localhost) by arnold.neland.dk (8.9.3/8.9.3) with ESMTP id XAA77613; Mon, 20 Dec 1999 23:38:55 +0100 (CET) (envelope-from leif@neland.dk) Date: Mon, 20 Dec 1999 23:38:55 +0100 (CET) From: Leif Neland To: Hellmuth Michaelis Cc: freebsd-isdn@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: logging incoming calls In-Reply-To: <19991220085253.D95BC17E5@bert.kts.org> Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-freebsd-isdn@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org > > 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