I told him the magic words: "Please put me on your do-not-call list."

I will not be signing up for the do-not-call list.

Beginning in September, telemarketers will have to check the do-not-call list every three months.

The government said it would begin enforcing the do-not-call list in October.

With the do-not-call list, it has been more pleasant, because the people who didn't want you to call are no longer getting bothered.

Telemarketing is increasingly difficult because of the new national do-not-call list.

For one thing, more than two dozen states have set up do-not-call lists without significant effects on jobs, regulators say.

"We are on that do-not-call list," I say into the phone.

States with do-not-call lists offer various ways to sign up.

My mother doesn't blame people for wanting to be placed on the do-not-call list.