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The "block list" isn't the same as the "do not call list" if that is what

you are thinking. The block list/rejected list is a list Verizon (or whomever your provider is) keeps either on your phone or maybe in the Cloud (I'm not sure which). Verizon calls this list the "Auto reject list." Honestly, I am not sure if there is a way you can view the "Auto reject list." Then again, my phone is a Galaxy S4 so I'm probably living in the Dark Ages. The only way I know this list exists is because after I click on the telephone number and click on the menu button (left button at the bottom of the screen), then a pop up box appears with the following options:

* View contact
* Copy to dialing screen
* Send number
* Add to Auto reject list

(In response to this post by YardBird)

Posted: 09/27/2018 at 1:02PM

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The "block list" isn't the same as the "do not call list" if that is what

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