BPC> of waiting there forever waiting for a handshake signal. They have 
hese
 BPC> answering thing dealies with BELL that asks you if you want to leave a
 BPC> voice mail message if the data line is busy. I don't want my modem
 BPC> sticking on the line while that message is playing...
 JS> That would be a violation of P4 if you are calling a Fido sysop.
Perhaps the subscriber doesn't have a choice?
Some exchanges say "The line is either busy or out of order", if the phone is 
off-hook for more than 90 seconds, eg. when tossing mail. It is a little 
difficult to make the phone company understand it is violating fidonet 
policy...
It would be nice if the modem would recognize voice, record it for later 
replay, and then report VOICE, and the mailer then would blacklist that 
number. Then I could play the recording "The number you are calling 911 has 
been changed. Please dial 999", instead of just seeing 52 NO CARRIER's in my 
log.
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