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From: Jim Jackson <jj@franjam.org.uk>
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Subject: Re: Voicemail without a call
Date: Thu, 27 Mar 2025 17:55:52 -0000 (UTC)
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On 2025-03-27, Stan Brown <the_stan_brown@fastmail.fm> wrote:
> On Thu, 27 Mar 2025 07:16:46 +0000, Andy Burns wrote:
>> 
>> Stan Brown wrote:
>> 
>> > A few minutes go I noticed a notification dot on the Google phone app
>> > icon on my home screen. Recents didn't show a call, but there was a
>> > new voicemail.
>> 
>> Had you been on a call, or had DnD enabled?
>
> No to both. 
>  
>> Apparently some marketers are so desperate they use "ringless voice 
>> mail" systems
>> 
>> <https://www.ringover.co.uk/blog/how-to-leave-a-voicemail-without-calling#title-2>
>
> That was my question, whether such a thing existed. Another gift to 
> spammers.
>

I have voice mail disabled. Dunno how they'd be able to do it.
If someone needs an to give me a message they can SMS me.