[Asterisk-Users] Changing caller id on transfer

[Cosmin Prund]

> -----Original Message-----
> From: asterisk-users-bounces at lists.digium.com [mailto:asterisk-users-
> bounces at lists.digium.com] On Behalf Of Matt Riddell [NZ]
> Sent: Thursday, March 02, 2006 10:55 PM
> To: Asterisk Users Mailing List - Non-Commercial Discussion
> Subject: Re: [Asterisk-Users] Changing caller id on transfer
> 
> You could do transfers for a number starting with 8 or whatever
> 
> So instead of transferring to 101 (the user's extension), you could
> transfer to 8101.  Then:
> 
> exten => _8XXX,1,SetCallerId(1*${CALLERIDNUM})
> exten => _8XXX,2,Goto(extensions,${EXTEN:1},1)

Neh... too much trouble. I'd rather prefix all calls with the "internal"
flag. Most people would not remamber the extra codes any way.

> Please not that the SetCallerID has been deprecated and should be
> replaced in versions >1.2 with:
> 
> Set(CALLERID(number)=1*${CALLERIDNUM})
> 
> --
> Cheers,
> 
> Matt Riddell

Thanks for the tip!