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>The phone company doesn't like phones to be left off of the hook as it ties
>up their equipment.  They prefer that you instead turn off the ringers or 
>unplug your phones.

New York Telephone doesn't seem to like much of anything these days
except for money.  But in fact, one of NYTel's reps *suggested* that I
leave the phone off the hook.

>Panasonic and AT&T both make all electronic answering machines.  If you want
>others to be able to leave messages while you are ignoring the phone, both
>of these operate silently.

They're also expensive compared to the regular models; and I'm not
going to junk the answering machine I have until the day that it's
broken and it's more expensive to repair it than to buy a new one.

 -- Dave