Glossary

Transfer

Warm vs cold transfer in VICIdial.

Transfer moves a live call from one agent to another (or to an in-group, IVR, external number).

Two flavors:

Cold transfer (blind)

Agent presses transfer hot key → call goes to destination. Original agent drops immediately.

Warm transfer (consultative)

Agent presses transfer → connects to destination → original agent introduces the caller → drops when comfortable. Three-way conference briefly during the handoff.

VICIdial supports both via the agent screen's transfer panel. Most outbound flows use warm transfer (fronter → closer).

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