Hello,
This changed years ago, and originally it was the 'p' dial option(for
"preserve" CallerID). The reason we are told for the change was for
calls being transferred within a company that originated on outside
lines, so that you would know who the transfer was coming from. I
didn't understand it either, but there it is.
MATT---
On 9/14/09, John A. Sullivan III <jsullivan at opensourcedevel.com>
wrote:> Hello, all. I see there is an "o" option for the Dial() command
which
> reverts to the previous behavior of using the original callerid
> throughout the call - I suppose more specifically, using the callerid
> from leg 1 for leg 2 in B2BUA if I understand it correctly.
>
> That seems to be highly desirable behavior; I know we are seeing some
> problems with call history and call forwarding because of the default
> use of callerid. However I'm assuming it was changed to the current
> behavior for a good reason. Before we revert to the old behavior, I'd
> like to ask, "why was it changed?" What problems arose from the
old
> behavior that provoked the change? Thanks - John
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