Dan Thurman wrote: > Folks, > > I have been using the "Instant Messenger" (gaim) on FC > and there is on thing that has been annoying me so far. > > I am getting bombarded with authorization request to be > allowed buddy access and I was forced to 'Deny' authorization > every time it pops up, which in some cases is very persistent! > > Even as I deny authorization, in some cases they were still > able to proceed to add me into their "buddy" list and initiate > an unsolicited chat sessions with me. > > Looking through the 'preference' list and to my surprise, there > are no security features implemented whatsoever at least I cannot > find it! > > I cannot BLOCK anyone or otherwise place anyone on a blacklist. > > I cannot force or deny anyone from initiating a chat session with > me that was not authorized nor to purge them from some unknown list > that puts these unscrupulous people back into the blacklist or > whatever it is called. I occasionally wish to remove previously or > accidentally authorized users but unable to remove them since I do > not know of any means to do this. > > Anyone have this problem too? If so, what steps did you take to > resolve these issues? Are you using a different universal IM that > has better security/control features? > > Thanks for listening! > Dan > Did you look at Tools --> Privacy? Mikkel -- Do not meddle in the affairs of dragons, for thou art crunchy and taste good with Ketchup!
