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On 2/2/09, Bruce Ferrell <[email protected]> wrote: > Michael Pobega wrote: > > On Mon, Feb 02, 2009 at 11:59:07AM -0800, Briana Giuliano wrote: > >> Hi, I love Pidgin and do not wish to go back to the regular AIM. > >> However, twice I have received IMs from screenames I do not know of. > >> The first occurred sometime in the fall with the SN of > >> ApocalypticFatex and the conversation went as follows: > >> > >> (9:25:31 PM) ApocalypticFatex: whore > >> (9:26:19 PM) Me: what? > >> (9:26:19 PM) Unable to send message: Refused by client > >> > >> That occurred twice. Once again today another odd SN contacted me with > >> the SN of Ximasuperstarrr > >> > >> (8:00:33 PM) Ximasuperstarrr: choose never you whore > >> (8:00:33 PM) Me <AUTO-REPLY>: trying to book a flight to portugal but > >> forgot which return time i was supposed to choose. thanks memory! > >> (8:00:45 PM) Ximasuperstarrr: and STAY THE FUCK AWAY FROM MY MAN > >> (8:00:57 PM) Me: who is this? > >> (8:01:17 PM) Ximasuperstarrr: HE'S MINE SO STAY THE FUCK AWAY FROM HIM > >> YOU CUM GUZZLING WHORE > >> > > > >> Have no idea how these people got my SN or have any idea of what these > >> freaks are talking about. I was wondering if they happen to be > >> AIMbots or something. I haven't had AIM for quite some time, but I > >> liked how at least when I received an IM from an unknown person it > >> asked beforehand. I am very concerned about my privacy especially on > >> the internet, the only site that shows my SN is Couchsurfers and that > >> page is blocked so other viewers can't see. I have blocked both of > >> these SNs, but I became more concerned since it happened again. Any > >> help with this will be appreciated. > >> > >> Thank-you, Briana Giuliano > >> > > > > Are you sure you didn't just piss someone off? Anyway, what I usually do > > is have all people not on my buddy list blocked by default, it's > > probably what you should do too. > > > > > Just out of curiosity, how do you do that? I had to enable the bot sentry. > > > _______________________________________________ > Support mailing list > [email protected] > http://pidgin.im/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/support > _______________________________________________ Support mailing list [email protected] http://pidgin.im/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/support
