Re: Voicemail without a call

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.