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Barbara, you're absolutely right. I'm deluged with texts.

I learned how to change a setting on my phone to screen out unknown senders. I get a small fraction of the pings I would otherwise get, and this helps a lot during this political silly season.

And having had a close call with a fraudster at least once, and now wondering how many times over the years I've made a donation just on someone's say-so about who they're collecting for; I'm now very careful about texts and phone calls. If I decide to donate, I go straight to a candidate's verifiable website. No links.

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Yes, my daughter just showed me how to block the unwanted texts. Have been doing it non stop now for two days. How long does it take to make a dent?

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Should be immediate. I can see mine split out between "known senders" and "all messages." Only known senders produce a ping. I just go back and clean out the garbage texts every couple of days.

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