unusual telephony request - recording voice mail

[Peter L. Peres]

On Sun, 25 Jan 2004, Wil McGilvery wrote:

> I did not connect to a phone line that is what the phone is for. I
> simply rerouted the audio. Inside your phone receiver is a little
> speaker. That was what I was talking about. It's the same as plugging in
> a headset.

No it is not. You were very lucky. Depending on circumstances you could
end up with up to 120Vac entering your audio gear (ring voltage).

Peter
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