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Posted by: John Sykes (Friday 12 August 2005, 2:33 PM)

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I agree that this hasn't worked so far. It's a pity that it can't follow the success of the CPR, which has worked well for myself and others that I know in cutting phone spam. I append below a clip from the CPR webpages:

"You have probably arrived at our site due to the fact that you are being inundated by nuisance and unwanted sales and marketing calls.

These types of calls are sadly on the increase due to companies no longer being allowed to contact you directly with their products and services via email.

So unfortunately it has a knock on effect, and these companies are now reverting back to using the telephone to try and sell you something, you really do not want. "

Isn't It interesting, though, that they seem to believe that companies ARE being diverted back to the phone from spamming and email. Wonder what that means?

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