Call blocking 'ends with'

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lubarb
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Call blocking 'ends with'

Post by lubarb » Thu Aug 08, 2019 4:07 pm

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?

Tom
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Re: Call blocking 'ends with'

Post by Tom » Wed Oct 16, 2019 7:21 am

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

TonyW
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Re: Call blocking 'ends with'

Post by TonyW » Wed Oct 16, 2019 7:35 am

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?

Tom
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Re: Call blocking 'ends with'

Post by Tom » Fri Oct 18, 2019 6:02 pm

yes you will need to call support

user333
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Re: Call blocking 'ends with'

Post by user333 » Sun Nov 17, 2019 1:33 pm

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

CapMan21
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Re: Call blocking 'ends with'

Post by CapMan21 » Fri Oct 16, 2020 5:39 pm

@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.

Stelcom66
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Re: Call blocking 'ends with'

Post by Stelcom66 » Mon Dec 07, 2020 12:53 pm

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?

TonyW
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Re: Call blocking 'ends with'

Post by TonyW » Mon Dec 07, 2020 1:04 pm

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

Stelcom66
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Re: Call blocking 'ends with'

Post by Stelcom66 » Mon Dec 07, 2020 4:00 pm

Thanks - this time put it in my Ooma notes.

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