MSN has a dial pad feature and it has no compatiblity requirements. You can call another person's telephone from your computer. very nice feature and with a headset is not too bad a connection. You all keep up the good work. Communication is the only way to accomplish somethings worthwhile. Rich Moberly Bartlesville, Washington County, Oklahoma >>> ktho@kc.rr.com 02/09/01 12:08PM >>> This is also a great suggestion. Teh only catch is, in order fro one person to be able to call another - they *both* have to have the proper set-up. But other than that, it's pretty cool, really. Kathleen ----- Original Message ----- From: <MsNAVALCPO@aol.com> To: <MO-CEMETERIES-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Friday, February 09, 2001 5:09 AM Subject: [MO-CEM] Re: no long distance calls > In a message dated 2/8/01 12:48:33 PM Eastern Standard Time, > MO-CEMETERIES-D-request@rootsweb.com writes: > > << *No-one should make any > long-distance calls!!* Any long-distance contact should be via e-mail and > snail. >> > > Many of you may not be aware that we can actually make FREE long distance > calls from our computers. Ac ouple of sites that I know of are through > Dialpad.com, Phonefree.com (I believe that's it) and there is something on > Yahoo. Of course, you would need a microphone to begin with but they are > reasonable to get. I prefer using a headset just so others around cannot > hear what is being said by the other person speaking back to me. > > I'm sure there are other sites that may do the same things. One search > engine that I have found to be of great help is (www.dogpile.com) <A > HREF="http://www.dogpile.com/">Dogpile</A>. You just type in what you are > looking for ( a specific town or cemetery, for instance) and click on the > work "fetch". It'll give you MANY other sites to check out. It searches > many search engines. > > One other thing, it would be of great help (to me, at least) if when you all > reply to a message, please cut out any of the repeat messages that usually > trail underneaath. I'm doing an awful lot of scrolling when I generally have > only 10-15 minutes to get through my mail. I am in the middle of tax season > with H&R Block and my free time is very limited. I do understand that we > need to have some of those on there so that we know what we are replying > to--I'm all for that--but cutting out what we can is certainly appreciated! > > That's it for now. > > Take care, > Deb Elam > Norfolk, VA > More About Me: > <A HREF="http://hometown.aol.com/msnavalcpo/myhomepage/writing.html">Just Me > and My Thoughts</A> > http://hometown.aol.com/msnavalcpo/myhomepage/writing.html > > ~~Deborah Elam~~ > Sharing the Dream Together > <A HREF="http://hometown.aol.com/homeandgarden4u/myhomepage/business.html"> > Designing with Deb's Home and Garden Party</A> > http://hometown.aol.com/homeandgarden4u/myhomepage/business.html > > > > ==== MO-CEMETERIES Mailing List ==== > Checkout the other lists being watched over by your List Mom; > http://mailing_lists.homestead.com/lists.html > To learn more about my world visit http://dwp.bigplanet.com/kburnett > Vist the Mo-Cemeteries Volunteer and Cemetery List http://www.rootsweb.com/~mocemete/mocem.htm > > ============================== > Visit Ancestry's Library - The best collection of family history > learning and how-to articles on the Internet. > http://www.ancestry.com/learn/library > ==== MO-CEMETERIES Mailing List ==== Checkout the other lists being watched over by your List Mom; http://mailing_lists.homestead.com/lists.html To learn more about my world visit http://dwp.bigplanet.com/kburnett Vist the Mo-Cemeteries Volunteer and Cemetery List http://www.rootsweb.com/~mocemete/mocem.htm ============================== 9 Health Tips for Computer Genealogists http://www.thirdage.com/features/tech/ouch/