I'm not sure this is a good idea until the bugs with the contact list are resolved.
-- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Desktop Packages, which is subscribed to empathy in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/410810 Title: Empathy should have option to only allow contacts on contact list to start a conversation with the user Status in Chat app, and Telepathy user interface: Confirmed Status in “empathy” package in Ubuntu: Triaged Bug description: Binary package hint: empathy I tend to get unsolicited messages on my chat accounts. In other clients, e.g. Pidgin, or the official network clients (GTalk, MSN, etc.) there is an option to only allow contacts on my contact list to see my status and start conversations/chats with me. When someone else wishes to add me to their contact list, they are required to ask my permission, and it is not possible to start a chat/conversation without adding me to their contact list. Empathy does not appear to have this feature, as of karmic. To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/empathy/+bug/410810/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages Post to : desktop-packages@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
