contact groups/aliases for recipient/blacklists

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Allow to make named groups of contacts. These groups could be easily added as 
recipients or blacklists either per rule or globally. I hope the idea is self 
explainatory and doesnt require examples.

The idea actually came to me as a solution to avoid advertising calls  and sms 
getting logged from known list of numbers. (If used cleverly could also reduce 
load on processor as Omnidroid wouldnt need to process them further.)

Original issue reported on code.google.com by [email protected] on 7 Nov 2011 at 4:39

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Added this issue using my phone. Simply couldnt find how to set it as 
ennancement. 

Original comment by [email protected] on 7 Nov 2011 at 5:12

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Kamathln, so did this work for you using omnidroid or did you have to handle it 
some other way?  Is it a feature that still needs to be added?  If so, please 
provide an example, I think I understand, but I'm not sure.

Original comment by [email protected] on 28 Nov 2011 at 5:54

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Hi, thanks for the reply. Yes, It still needs to be implemented. I have not 
added any sms triggered EventHandlers which cant be filtered on content or 
user. 

Like for example, I want to create handlers which forward all sms and missed 
calls to my gmail id too but want to filter out stupid advertisements based on 
numbers. That is the number one idea: to have blacklists. 

But instead of the programming effort going for a tiny (though important) 
feature, I thought an even generalized idea would make worth it. Like I can 
have lists - "Family", "Office", "Advertisements", "Clients", which I can then 
utilize for sending SMSes or as filters. 

* I could quickly add "advertizements" as filter out most of the junk from 
getting forwarded to my email. 
* If my battery goes low, I can set it to send an sms to all my "family" . 
* Basically I can quickly add the "family" list as a filter for commands that 
need trust . Like switching on or off my wifi. 
* I could set it to send SMS alert to night shift colleagues if I miss a call 
from "clients" at night.  

Original comment by [email protected] on 29 Nov 2011 at 2:31