[Asterisk-Users] Differ between "private" and "out of area"?

[Rich Adamson]

I don't believe you can trust the keywords that may or maynot be in the
calleridname. The telco folks will frequently honor anything that a
company wants inserted as a name (assuming a reasonable request).

So, even if you get the correct logic in place for asterisk code, 
the end result is most likely not going to give you what you want.

I know a telco tech that will change the libd database to say
"God Calling", place a call to a buddy, then change it back to the
original string after the call. Also, some itsp's allow you to change
that string to anything reasonable.

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> Yes, I know that, but, how to distinguish between them at incoming call?
> 
> 
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> 
> A private call is a call that someone has specifically blocked.   An
> "out of area" or "unknown" call is simply a call that the caller-id
> did not come through on correctly, for some reason.
> 
> On 9/18/05, Goran Dj. <pisac at hotpop.com> wrote:
> > Is there any method to make difference between Hidden ("Private") and
> > unknown ("Out of area") incoming calls on ZAP/x101p? I want to block
> any
> > hidden call, and to allow unknow calls, but ZAP channel (X101P) always
> > delivering empty CALLERID=""<> in both cases.