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From: csense!bote@uunet.uu.net (John Boteler)
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Subject: Re: Return*Call Humor
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PAT writes:

> This raises a good point. When a call reaches you
> via forwarding through some other number, does 'return call' go to the
> forwarded number or the original caller? Likewise for Call Screening
> and Caller-ID: *whose* ID gets passed for the purpose of callback
> and/or screening, etc?

[ Author's Note: As discussed previously, Calling Line ID is what the
name says it is: the ID of the line calling you is displayed and used
for CLASS treatment. Forwarding Line ID is another spec yet to be
offered as far as I know.

If you *69 the sucker, it goes back to the caller, not the forwarder. ]


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