Keeping this incomplete for now as upstream bug was I think mistakenly marked duplicate. Will change status here once the upstream bug is unduplicated.
** Summary changed: - Unable to block msn contacts + Provide ability to block a contact ** Description changed: Binary package hint: empathy - Basic privacy feature of blocking contacts is not available. That so - basic feature could not be missing on the default IM on a desktop - environment, and if it is the LTS it's just insane! + There comes some situations when you dont actually want to go offline + but only want to block a certain contact from sending you a message. + Pidgin have this feature (I think) it would be great to have this + feature in Empathy ProblemType: Bug DistroRelease: Ubuntu 10.04 Package: empathy 2.30.0-0ubuntu4 ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.32-19.28-generic 2.6.32.10+drm33.1 Uname: Linux 2.6.32-19-generic i686 NonfreeKernelModules: wl Architecture: i386 Date: Wed Apr 7 15:55:10 2010 ExecutablePath: /usr/bin/empathy InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 10.04 "Lucid Lynx" - Beta i386 (20100318) ProcEnviron: - SHELL=/bin/bash - LANG=en_US.utf8 + SHELL=/bin/bash + LANG=en_US.utf8 SourcePackage: empathy ** Bug watch added: GNOME Bug Tracker #616811 https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=616811 ** Also affects: empathy via https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=616811 Importance: Unknown Status: Unknown -- Provide ability to block a contact https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/557521 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Desktop Bugs, which is subscribed to empathy in ubuntu. -- desktop-bugs mailing list desktop-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/desktop-bugs