Voicemail systems automatically record audio from every incoming call that has rolled-over to the system. Then, if the call was a hang-up, the system deletes the recording in-progress instead of delivering it or leaving it in the voicemail box. I want to INCREASE the number of seconds of dead air in a message so that the Verizon Voicemail system will delete more hang-up messages automatically.
The underlying problem is that I have a telephone number that used to be associated with a major retailer. In fact, there are still listings on the Internet (THANKS, AT&T, Yahoo!, Yellow Pages, et. al.) for the telephone number under their name. So you can imagine that I get A LOT of calls. When I let them roll-over to voicemail, the callers eventually hear my greeting message and figure out that they need to go away. But the Verizon Voicemail system has, at that point, recorded a message for me, raised the notification light. Even without the notification, I have to go into the voicemail box and delete the no-message messages. Three years on, now, .. the calls are not slowing down.
I ahve been unable to find such a parameter on the account management pages available through the Internet. And I've called Customer Support, who ... always refers me back to the Internet.
Any ideas?
