[Magdalen] Blocking calls??

[Scott Knitter]

I often get calls from military bases asking for technical support.  I
suspect those who reach me have dialed the wrong area code. Still, a few
seem convinced I'm still the one who can help them, even when I tell them
they've reached a personal phone in Chicago and not a Navy help desk.

On Sat, Jan 4, 2020, 2:36 PM Christopher Hart <cervus51 at gmail.com> wrote:

> I have thought of using that approach, ME, but the major drawback for me is
> that doctor's offices often call me from unpublished numbers. I have their
> main numbers in my Contacts, but the number they are calling from might be
> one I don't recognize. I suppose they would at least leave a voicemail
> which the spam callers generally don't though.
>
> On Sat, Jan 4, 2020 at 3:20 PM ME Michaud <michaudme at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> > I have set my phone to accept calls only from numbers in my Contacts
> file.
> > All other calls go directly to voice mail.
> >
> > This probably wouldn't work for clergy folk,
> > but it's saving this laywoman a big pile of aggravation.
> > -M
> >
> >
> > On Saturday, January 4, 2020, Grace Cangialosi <gracecan at gmail.com>
> wrote:
> >
> > > Can someone explain to my why “blocking” phone calls doesn’t actually
> > > block them?
> > > I just got a call which I then blocked, thinking I had already blocked
> > > it.  I looked at the call from that number that came yesterday,
> and—guess
> > > what?—it had been “blocked”!!  What’s going on?  Am I doing something
> > wrong?
> >
>
>
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>
> Christopher Hart
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