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> Im thinking of getting a new landline telephone. Does anything like
> the following exist (or is it indeed technically possible)?
>
> A landline telephone handset that will detect calls with caller ID and
> do one of the following depending on the number that calls me?
>
> 1) Allow the phone to ring and go to an answerphone if theres no
> answer within about 10 rings.
> 2) Silently go to answerphone (with different messages for different
> numbers).
> 3) Hang up the phone.
>
> It should be easy to configure this from a PC, so e.g. if Im happy to
> take work calls I should be able to switch these on and if I dont
> want to take them Ill switch these to answerphone mode (but the phone
> should still ring if a member of my family calls about something
> important).
>
> It would also be nice if it had an option to record calls at the press
> of a button.
>
> Thanks
>
> Richard

>Im thinking of getting a new landline telephone. Does anything like
>the following exist (or is it indeed technically possible)?
>
>A landline telephone handset that will detect calls with caller ID and
>do one of the following depending on the number that calls me?
>
>1) Allow the phone to ring and go to an answerphone if theres no
>answer within about 10 rings.
>2) Silently go to answerphone (with different messages for different
>numbers).
>3) Hang up the phone.

>It should be easy to configure this from a PC, so e.g. if Im happy to
>take work calls I should be able to switch these on and if I dont
>want to take them Ill switch these to answerphone mode (but the phone
>should still ring if a member of my family calls about something
>important).
>
>It would also be nice if it had an option to record calls at the press
>of a button.