He is probaly getting these messages from buddies who are either infected with malware or gave their password to mal-people...
Regards, David > -----Original Message----- > From: support-boun...@pidgin.im > [mailto:support-boun...@pidgin.im] On Behalf Of Janine Starykowicz > Sent: Wednesday, January 21, 2009 8:58 AM > To: Nikhil Shah; support@pidgin.im > Subject: Re: msn spam im problem > > There's a way to block unknown messages in MSN's client, although I > haven't used their client in several years. It seems to carry > through, > because I've never had the problem since in either Trillian > or now Pidgin. > > Janine > > Nikhil Shah wrote: > > > > Hi, > > > > I have an MSN account I'm using through pidgin. I often receive > > multiple spam messages from BS screennames asking me to visit a > > website, purchase a product or view their "cam". Is there a way to > > limit who can message me on MSN via pidgin? I already asked MSN for > > support but they couldn't help me because I am on pidgin. > I'm running > > 2.5.2 with a hotmail msn account. Thanks in advance! > > > > Sincerely, > > > > Nikhil Shah > > > > _______________________________________________ > Support mailing list > Support@pidgin.im > http://pidgin.im/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/support > _______________________________________________ Support mailing list Support@pidgin.im http://pidgin.im/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/support