[asterisk-users] Rejecting a Call

[Eric "ManxPower" Wieling]

Ray Jackson wrote:
> The problem is I do not want to answer the call but reject it during 
> call setup with the appropriate 401 or 403 type response - similar to 
> the way Busy() sends back a '486 Busy Here'.  The problem is this causes 
> the other end to Hunt to the next endpoint, whereas I want the other end 
> to give up on the call which would require something like a 401 or 403 
> after reading the documentation.  I guess Asterisk can't send specific 
> response codes like SER can?

In Asterisk 1.2 and later you can do a Hangup(CAUSE) where the CAUSE is 
an Asterisk HANGUPCAUSE.  Asterisk should translate this to a SIP return 
code.