Unwanted & Uninvited contacts

[GaRRyC]

Jonathan Hi!

Sometimes an unwanted &/or un-invited contact is made on
MSN Messenger. Whilst I am aware that you can 'BLOCK"
that contact - when you do - that contact is added your
Messenger contact list anyway. It gets rather tiresome to
hit the 'cancel' button every time you log in to avoid
adding an unwanted contact.

Surely if programs such as ICQ & others, give the option
to decline adding a contact without reason - it would be
logical to assume that Messenger & MSN Messenger can be
programmed to do the same. I think it should be
considered in future versions of the program.

 

[Guest]

Hi,

I think msn does let you choose who to add or decline.

Tools -> Options -> Privacy Tab -> "Alert me when other
people add me to their contact list"

 

[Jonathan Kay [MVP]]

Hi,

That will just allow them to automatically add themselves to your allow list; not the
behavior most people want.
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Associate Expert
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[Jonathan Kay [MVP]]

Greetings GarryC,

Yes, anyone that adds you goes on the "Reverse List" (the "User has added you to their
contact list" dialog) and then needs to be moved to either the Allow List or Blocked List
(and you also get the option of added the contact to the Forward List aka the main contact
list.

This is just the way Messenger was designed, changing the fundamental design of Messenger is
somewhat difficult now since there's dozens of Messenger clients that depend on this way of
functioning.
____________________________________________
Jonathan Kay
Microsoft MVP - Windows Messenger/MSN Messenger
Associate Expert
http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/expertzone/
Messenger Resources - http://messenger.jonathankay.com
All posts unless otherwise specified are (c) 2004 Jonathan Kay.
You *must* contact me for redistribution rights.