Am Mittwoch, 4. Oktober 2006 19:06 schrieb Pollywog: > On Wednesday October 4, 2006 5:00 pm, Pollywog wrote: > > I am getting spams on Licq in which the spammers are using the add new > > user function to send their spam, thus bypassing the normal spam > > protections. 'Ignore new users' does not stop these spams. > > > > Is there a way to stop this type of spamming? I am getting the spams as > > system messages in Licq. > > I should explain why it is a problem. If I reject the supposed request to > be added to the spammer's contact list, the spammer then knows my UIN is > actually in use. If I do not reject their request, I keep getting the same > spam every day or two.
Hm, maybe we need a 'Block user' flag in the user information... Suppressing system messages doesn't make sense, so a list with blocked UIDs would maybe the way to go. Arne -- Dipl.-Inform. Arne Schmitz Phone +49 (0)241 80-21817 Computer Graphics Group Fax +49 (0)241 80-22899 RWTH Aachen University http://www.rwth-graphics.de Ahornstrasse 55, 52074 Aachen, Germany
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