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NAME
       ncidd.alias - NCID Server Alias File

DESCRIPTION
       The ncidd.alias file contains the alias information for ncidd, the NCID
       Server.  It contains the aliases for Caller ID names and numbers.  It
       also contains the aliases for telephone line identifiers.

       The ncidd.alias file understands 3 types of lines:

       blank line: ignored

       comment line, beginning with '#': ignored

       alias line: processed
           alias [NMBR|NAME] ["]FROM["] = ["]TO["] [if ["]VALUE["]]
           alias [LINE] ["]FROM["] = ["]TO["
                where  NMBR, NAME or LINE is a KEYWORD
                       FROM is a CID string:
                            can be a '*' (match everything) when using if
                       TO is the alias for the FROM string
                       VALUE is a NAME if KEYWORD = NMBR
                       VALUE is a NMBR if KEYWORD = NAME
                             can contain a '^' (partial match from beginning)
                       VALUE is a LINE if KEYWORD = LINE

EXAMPLES
       Change OUT-OF-AREA to UNAVAILABLE in both name and number fields:
            alias OUT-OF-AREA = UNAVAILABLE

       Change OUT-OF-AREA to UNAVAILABLE in the name field only:
            alias NAME OUT-OF-AREA = UNAVAILABLE

       Change any name to a specific name for a phone number:
            alias NAME * = "John on cell" if 4075551212

       Change any name to a specific name matching the beginning of a phone
       number
            alias NAME * = "Toll Free" if ^800

       Mask a phone number:
            alias NMBR 4075551212 = "----------"

       The default line indicator for a POTS line is "-".  The ncid client
       will not display the "-" indicator.  To display 'POTS' for a POTS line:
            alias LINE - = POTS

       To not display a gateway line indicator, change it from the one
       received a '-'.  If the line indicator is '1122':
            alias LINE 1122 = -

       Change any line indicator to VOIP.  Be careful to place this after a
       POTS line indicator if a POTS line is also present:
            alias LINE * = VOIP

SEE ALSO
       ncidd.8, ncidd.conf.5

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