On Fri, 28 Nov 2014, Joe Delahaye wrote to mark lewis:

 ML> i'm not understanding your complaint then... if you are only using 
 ML> the mailer for POTS, what's the problem with it making the call to 
 ML> deliver the mail? if you don't want it making any phone calls and 
 ML> you have the IP stuff turned off, why are you even running the 
 ML> mailer? it is useless and wasting resources...

 JD> It is there simply for Incoming calls. and sometimes for POTS only 
 JD> nodes.

THAT i can understand :)  it wasn't referenced in your original post which is
one of the reasons why i was confused...

 JD> I get POTS calls to the BBS, and I used to get POTS calls at times 
 JD> from people whose mail was on hold, to pick up their mail.

i've done similar and it is one of the reasons why i still have my POTS line
out here... i won't get rid of it until forced to by the telco... copper lines
work even when the internet is down... yes, if the lines are broken, then
neither works but still, i'd rather have copper lines for emergency purposes
when most other things are down...

[rhetorical] how can one called their ISP about an outtage when their phone is
VoIP?? ;) [/rhetorical]

 JD> If that phone line goes, then Taurus also goes.

so no experimenting with VoIP for POTS callers of either type? ;)

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