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Mention that untrusted caller numbers from SIP URIs are prefixed with '?' |
Caller info obtained from SIP URIs may not be just numeric Tags: Mobile edit Mobile web edit |
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By default we send the incoming caller's phone number when you receive a call. This means that your phone (if it has a display) will show the number of the person calling you. It may show Unknown or Withheld if it is not known. |
By default we send the incoming caller's phone number when you receive a call. This means that your phone (if it has a display) will show the number of the person calling you. It may show Unknown or Withheld if it is not known. |
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Where an incoming call has been made using a [[VoIP_-_Calling_With_a_SIP_URI|SIP URI]] rather than the PSTN the number of the person calling cannot be trusted, and so we prefix that number with a '?' to indicate the potential untrustworthyness. |
Where an incoming call has been made using a [[VoIP_-_Calling_With_a_SIP_URI|SIP URI]] rather than the PSTN the 'number' of the person calling cannot be trusted (and may be not purely numeric) , and so we prefix that 'number' with a '?' to indicate the potential untrustworthyness. |
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