asterisk users - Feb 2004 - Telemarketer handling

Occasionally I get calls that register asterisk on the caller id, which
I am assuming means that the caller id info is not there.  Is there a
way to have those calls route through IVR so I don't have to deal with
them?  Typically they are sales calls.

Thanks

Sean Garland,

On Tue, Feb 17, 2004 at 12:31:49PM -0800, Sean Garland
said:
> Occasionally I get calls that register asterisk on the caller id, which
> I am assuming means that the caller id info is not there.  Is there a
> way to have those calls route through IVR so I don't have to deal with
> them?  Typically they are sales calls.
As a side note, instead of "Asterisk" can it say "Unknown
Caller" or
something? Where is that set?

Hi Sean,

You can take action in extensions.conf based on caller id, because it is saved 
in a built-in variable. Have a look here: 

http://www.voip-info.org/wiki-Asterisk+readme.variables

for info on how to use it, and the other Asterisk variables. Be careful about 
the syntax - it is weird and unforgiving.

Christian

On Tuesday 17 February 2004 12:31, Sean Garland wrote:
> Occasionally I get calls that register asterisk on the caller id, which
> I am assuming means that the caller id info is not there.  Is there a
> way to have those calls route through IVR so I don't have to deal with
> them?  Typically they are sales calls.
>
> Thanks
>
> Sean Garland,
>
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