How to Stop Rampant Junk Fax?

Posted by Cliff on Wednesday September 11, 2002 @01:40PM from the technological-solutions-to-social-problems dept.

Fascist Christ asks: "The company I work for, like many other companies, uses a fax machine. We get an annoying ammount of advertisements by fax and are looking to find an effective way to stop it. We have tried requesting to be removed from the lists, but we get too many to do this every time. One company told me that they get there info from infoUSA. Does anyone have any experience with this or other companies and know how to stop this activity without getting a lawyer involved?" How difficult would it be to set up a fax system that would use caller-ID blacklists before answering the line? At the very least you can block identifiable spammers by something that's harder to change than their email address: their phone number.

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Ask Slashdot: How can I stop a stalker? by anthony_dipierro · 2002-09-11 15:52 · Score: 1, Offtopic

I broke up with my girlfriend last week, but she keeps calling me anyway. I told her to stop, but now she's showing up at my doorstep and ringing my doorbell every hour. I tried asking her to stop, but she says she loves me and doesn't want to lose me. Does anyone have any experience with this problem and know how to stop this activity without getting a lawyer involved?