Actually looks like even the edit->blocked contacts entry doesn't seem to work.
basically, I get the spam ims from the same yahoo user every day. I have not been able to block that user. -- 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/897930 Title: conversation window contact->block contact doesn't actually add to the blocked contacts list Status in “empathy” package in Ubuntu: Incomplete Bug description: was receiving spam ims from the same im name every few days, and conversation window's contact->block contact was not helping. then noticed contact list has edit->blocked contacts, which did not include that im name. just added it, hopefully will actually block that user. ProblemType: Bug DistroRelease: Ubuntu 11.10 Package: empathy 3.2.0.1-0ubuntu1.1 ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.0.0-13.22-generic 3.0.6 Uname: Linux 3.0.0-13-generic x86_64 ApportVersion: 1.23-0ubuntu4 Architecture: amd64 Date: Tue Nov 29 15:45:40 2011 InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 10.04 "Lucid Lynx" - Release Candidate amd64 (20100419.1) ProcEnviron: PATH=(custom, user) LANG=en_US.UTF-8 SHELL=/bin/bash SourcePackage: empathy UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to oneiric on 2011-07-13 (139 days ago) To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/empathy/+bug/897930/+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