I have simply gotten rid of most of the telemarketer calls by simply making them press 1 or wait to talk to me and they give up almost always.
on Sunday 03/16/2008 Horwich IT Services (Godwin Stewart)([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote > On Sun, 16 Mar 2008 08:50:50 -0500, Lyle Giese <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > I just forward them to one of those two extensions. If callerid worked > > more reliably I would automate it. But I get a lot of caller id failures > > on my incoming POTS lines, esp when calling in from my cell phone. > > The way I worked around this problem was to give a passcode to people I want > to hear from even if they conceal CLI. > > If an inbound call comes in without CLI (or with CLI but the number is in > my blocklist for that matter), I forward it to a recorded message saying > "Caller ID screening is in operation. Please press 1 if you are an > authorized caller". When the user complies, they're prompted for the > passcode. If it's correct, then the call is forwarded to my extension. > > Those I do want to hear from are not just blown off, they have a chance to > get through to me regardless of the screening. Teleslime doesn't, and > they've paid for the call anyway. > > -- > Godwin Stewart - Horwich IT services > > _______________________________________________ > -- Bandwidth and Colocation Provided by http://www.api-digital.com -- > > asterisk-users mailing list > To UNSUBSCRIBE or update options visit: > http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-users -- Your life is like a penny. You're going to lose it. The question is: How do you spend it? John Covici [EMAIL PROTECTED] _______________________________________________ -- Bandwidth and Colocation Provided by http://www.api-digital.com -- asterisk-users mailing list To UNSUBSCRIBE or update options visit: http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-users
