On Sat, 2006-04-08 at 16:29 -0500, Mikkel L. Ellertson wrote: > 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 Yaaaaayy! Thank you for pointing this out! Seems the default should have been set to allow only those in your buddy list to contact you for security reasons. Oh well. Many thanks! Dan
