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- Path: netcom.com!puma
- From: puma@netcom.com (Gary Breuckman)
- Subject: Re: Frustration with USR
- Message-ID: <pumaDp0CKK.on@netcom.com>
- Organization: organized?? me?
- References: <4idjjt$r5a@news-s01.ny.us.ibm.net> <4j2dqp$s3e@vixc.voyager.net> <3156cae2.4573879@news.superlink.net> <4jcvip$bkq@daily-planet.execpc.com>
- Date: Fri, 29 Mar 1996 02:36:20 GMT
- Sender: puma@netcom11.netcom.com
-
- In article <4jcvip$bkq@daily-planet.execpc.com>,
- Norb Kabacinski <norbk@earth.execpc.com> wrote:
- >In article <3156cae2.4573879@news.superlink.net>, tsnyder@eclipse.net wrote:
- >>Smart ass, huh? Yes, I NEEDED it. Anyone that has run a BBS and has
- >>CID will tell you that it is vital to the security of their system. It's
- >>unfortunate but a fact of life that some people get their jollies by
- >>trying to crash, hack into, or otherwise disrupt the operations of a
- >>successful BBS operation. CID is a frontline defense that works well to
- >>stop these people.
- >
- > And caller ID can be blocked just as easy....
-
-
- Yes Norb, it can be blocked, but if the BBS is reading the callerid from
- the modem it can refuse to answer calls that are blocked, or answer and
- immediately disconnect them.
-
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