By Erin Smith/Chronicle staff
Fri Apr 04, 2008, 05:14 PM EDT

Cambridge - If you don’t want a phone book delivered to your doorstep, it may be as easy as picking up your phone.

Last month, City Councilor Sam Seidel proposed the city set up a system that allows citizens to opt out of receiving phone books. He envisioned a city program similar to the National Do Not Call registry, which allows people to remove their phone numbers from telemarketers’ call lists.