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Inbound Blacklist & Spam Blocker

Inbound Blacklist & Spam Blocker Guide

Blocks unwanted spam callers before they reach extensions, queues, or IVR menus at trunk entry. Caller ID lookup is performed against Asterisk AstDB in sub-microseconds.

  • Play Busy (17 / Busy Here): Returns busy signal (ISDN 17 / SIP 486 Busy Here).
  • Congestion / No Circuit (34): Returns congestion / no circuit (ISDN 34 / SIP 503 Service Unavailable).
  • Immediate Drop (16): Terminates call immediately without playing audio (ISDN 16).
  • Number Not in Service (ss-noservice): Answers and plays the "number not in service" system announcement before hangup.
  • Pattern Support: Use dialplan patterns to block number prefixes (e.g. _0850. or _+1800.).
#Caller Number / PatternDescription / ReasonBlock ActionBlock CountLast BlockedStatusActions
#4 anonymous Hidden numbers Number Not in Service (ss-noservice) 0 -
#3 +447700900999 Spam Immediate Drop (16) 3 2026-11-03 22:36:44
#2 +15550198 Survey calls Play Busy (17 / Busy Here) 6 2026-11-05 22:36:44
#1 +15550199 Robocall Immediate Drop (16) 14 2026-11-06 17:36:44