Blacklist file

NIPO Fieldwork System Version 1.14

Blacklist file

The blacklist is an ASCII file containing telephone numbers that should be blocked (never be dialed). These are telephone numbers of all respondents that have indicated they no longer wish to be contacted by your company. Each row in the blacklist file lists one telephone number. Formatting for records is free: spaces, dashes and all other non-numeric characters are ignored. Al digits in the row are stringed together to make up the phone number. Be aware of unwanted results because of this.

Note:
The blacklist file may be edited at any time, but the blacklisted numbers are not taken into account until the next NIPO CATI / Web Master service restart. If a blacklist file is in place, a periodic restart of the NIPO CATI / Web Master service is required.

Example blacklist file contents

020 5225 980 NIPO Software Helpdesk, do not call
0934-234813
0349-128844 Mr Smith, doesn't want to be contacted by us
023 892.4355 Mrs Wesson, Heartgrove street 34

Numbers blocked by NIPO CATI / Web Master

0205225980
0934234813
0349128844
023892435534