Michael Pobega wrote: > On Mon, Feb 02, 2009 at 11:59:07AM -0800, Briana Giuliano wrote: >> Hi, I love Pidgin and do not wish to go back to the regular AIM. >> However, twice I have received IMs from screenames I do not know of. >> The first occurred sometime in the fall with the SN of >> ApocalypticFatex and the conversation went as follows: >> >> (9:25:31 PM) ApocalypticFatex: whore >> (9:26:19 PM) Me: what? >> (9:26:19 PM) Unable to send message: Refused by client >> >> That occurred twice. Once again today another odd SN contacted me with >> the SN of Ximasuperstarrr >> >> (8:00:33 PM) Ximasuperstarrr: choose never you whore >> (8:00:33 PM) Me <AUTO-REPLY>: trying to book a flight to portugal but >> forgot which return time i was supposed to choose. thanks memory! >> (8:00:45 PM) Ximasuperstarrr: and STAY THE FUCK AWAY FROM MY MAN >> (8:00:57 PM) Me: who is this? >> (8:01:17 PM) Ximasuperstarrr: HE'S MINE SO STAY THE FUCK AWAY FROM HIM >> YOU CUM GUZZLING WHORE >> > >> Have no idea how these people got my SN or have any idea of what these >> freaks are talking about. I was wondering if they happen to be >> AIMbots or something. I haven't had AIM for quite some time, but I >> liked how at least when I received an IM from an unknown person it >> asked beforehand. I am very concerned about my privacy especially on >> the internet, the only site that shows my SN is Couchsurfers and that >> page is blocked so other viewers can't see. I have blocked both of >> these SNs, but I became more concerned since it happened again. Any >> help with this will be appreciated. >> >> Thank-you, Briana Giuliano >> > > Are you sure you didn't just piss someone off? Anyway, what I usually do > is have all people not on my buddy list blocked by default, it's > probably what you should do too. >
Just out of curiosity, how do you do that? I had to enable the bot sentry. _______________________________________________ Support mailing list Support@pidgin.im http://pidgin.im/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/support