[Asterisk-Users] Telemarketer handling

[Andrew Thompson]

Christian Hecimovic wrote:
> 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
>> 
> 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
> 

Also see page 31-32 of the asterisk handbook.

This is not the actual link, but should survive the handbook coming out
of draft stages and possible other link renaming:
http://www.voip-info.org/tiki-index.php?page=Asterisk+handbook