Hi,
In Privacy option, under the Contacts list, some contacts are deletable
while others are not. I understand that those undeletable contacts still
have my hotmail ID in their Contact list and they have to delete me first
before I can delete them. The question is: What gives them the priority over
me? I mean, why it is they have to do it first, why not me first?
Thanks
Yba

Greetings,

Because the idea is that you are managing -your- online status on their list. Even though
you've deleted them from your own contact list, you are still on theirs. So the real
question would be, why gives you priority to remove yourself from their list?

There's arguments on both sides and over the years many probable solutions have been
suggested, including by myself. However, this is the design and there are no plans to change
it.

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"yba02" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
news:93B40855-5917-45E1-B90C-(E-Mail Removed)...
> Hi,
> In Privacy option, under the Contacts list, some contacts are deletable
> while others are not. I understand that those undeletable contacts still
> have my hotmail ID in their Contact list and they have to delete me first
> before I can delete them. The question is: What gives them the priority over
> me? I mean, why it is they have to do it first, why not me first?
> Thanks
> Yba

Thanks for attending my question.
Can you please elaborate, I really do not get your point here.
Thanks
Yba

"Jonathan Kay [MVP]" wrote:

> Greetings,
>
> Because the idea is that you are managing -your- online status on their list. Even though
> you've deleted them from your own contact list, you are still on theirs. So the real
> question would be, why gives you priority to remove yourself from their list?
>
> There's arguments on both sides and over the years many probable solutions have been
> suggested, including by myself. However, this is the design and there are no plans to change
> it.
>
> --
> Jonathan Kay
> Microsoft MVP - Windows Live Messenger/MSN Messenger/Windows Messenger
> Associate Expert
> http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/expertzone/
> Messenger Resources - http://messenger.jonathankay.com
> All posts unless otherwise specified are (c) 2007 Jonathan Kay.
> You *must* contact me for redistribution rights.
> --
>
> "yba02" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
> news:93B40855-5917-45E1-B90C-(E-Mail Removed)...
> > Hi,
> > In Privacy option, under the Contacts list, some contacts are deletable
> > while others are not. I understand that those undeletable contacts still
> > have my hotmail ID in their Contact list and they have to delete me first
> > before I can delete them. The question is: What gives them the priority over
> > me? I mean, why it is they have to do it first, why not me first?
> > Thanks
> > Yba
>
>