On Sun, Sep 12, 2010 at 02:19:20PM -0400, John Bailey wrote: > On Sun, Sep 12, 2010 at 04:31:51AM -0400, ~!~ me ~!~ typed: > > Due to the ever increasing yahoo messenger spam I have two feature requests. > > > > 1) Every time I log into my yahoo accounts through pidgin I get about 10 or > > 15 friend requests that are actually spam bots trying to get me to add them > > to my friend list. It would be nice if Pidgin allowed me to block all friend > > requests, conference requests, and any other requests. To make it even > > better, it could block all friend requests unless the user is already on my > > friend list, that way I could add a friend and not have to turn off the > > friend request block when the friend tries to add me. > > Blocking conference and chat invitations is already supported (check the > Advanced tab when editing your account). Blocking add requests seems to > me to be much more trouble than it's worth--too many people will forget > they've turned it on and claim Pidgin is broken.
Not to mention that plugins can already block add requests (and a couple for it already exist). See the http://developer.pidgin.im/wiki/ThirdPartyPlugins wiki page for a list (I imagine Google may know about some more). <snip> -Etan _______________________________________________ [email protected] mailing list Want to unsubscribe? Use this link: http://pidgin.im/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/support
