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I see that call blocking now allows specifying names that "end with" something.

I'd like to use this to block calls from e.g. "BRAINTREE MA", but not calls where the name of the caller happens to end with "MA", eg. "OOMA". If I add an 'ends-with' block and enter a space followed by MA for the name, it looks like the space gets dropped.

Is there a way to use ends-with blocking to accomplish what I want?

Yes MyOoma strips the space when submitting the string to the backend,
so went ahead and added "* MA" using our database console.

Will individual users be able to apply similar filters manually, in future? Or will this be akin to enabling the high-bandwidth codec, requiring support intervention?

yes you will need to call support

Can the same be done for me with my existing filters or do I need to call customer support?

@Tom I receive a good deal of robocalls formatted such as:

Detroit, MI
Southfield, MI
City, State

The Block List won't allow a ",". I would prefer to do an exact match because hospitals, etc may use
the city name in it's caller ID string.

"Yes MyOoma strips the space when submitting the string to the backend,
so went ahead and added "* MA" using our database console."

Does your backend automatically eliminate punctuation characters when matching the incoming Caller ID string?

Detroit, MI is sent to the our Block List as "DetroitMI" and the same logic is used on the incoming information?
If so I will add "DetroitMI" to my Block List.

I apologize that I know this has been asked before - I tried searching before posting. How can (assuming it can be done) an area code + prefix be blocked? Was thinking 727-555-**** or #? or blank after?

https://my.ooma.com/preferences/call_blocking

Edit my block list

Block a number > I want to block "Numbers that start with..." > enter "727-555" > save

Thanks - this time put it in my Ooma notes.