That's why God invented the delete button. ;-) I use the three strikes rule. Even if you do delete someone, you will still show up on their list, unless you chose to also use the Stealth settings to permanently show yourself as offline to them. I only use than in rare instances.
Don't worry... if they quit replying, I'm sure some of the members here would love to chat with you. ;-) Just be very careful and Google the heck out of any software like that you think about downloading. So often, these kinds of programs can carry malware with them. DO NOT download from the developers site but rather download from a reputable download site like http://www.FileHippo.com or CNet's http://www.Download.com. There are many other reputable sites. If a piece of software is too new to make it onto one of the big download sites, it doesn't mean it's not good... I often will Beta test new software... but it does mean you need to be much more vigilant before downloading the software. Lenny Vasbinder http://lennyvasbinder.blogspot.com FREE and automatic online remote backup of your documents, photos and files... https://mozy.com/?ref=SY4ZSI Check out how simple and secure it can be to use the Mozy remote backup system. Mozy will back up your most important files and folders every day/night while you aren't using your computer. -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of ;-) Sent: Friday, April 10, 2009 4:34 PM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [Y!M] Hidden users I am trying Buddy spy, it has one bug on my system that keeps it logged off 1/2 the time I don't try and force chats. I send when I want to say something, they reply when they wish. BUT if I send and know they have seen it and choose not to reply, that tells me something too. LNVTM1 wrote: > I know these kinds of things are available but I'm highly suspect of > software from people that purport to allow you to snoop on other people... > what's to say that the software isn't also snooping on you.. i.e.-spyware. > Here is Buddy Spy which purports to do this. > http://www.buddy-spy.com/ Once again, download at your own risk and/or > do a LOT more research to see if there is any spyware associated with > these kinds of software downloads and don't take the word of the software company. > > Something else that I saw was if you open your Yahoo Mail account with > the same ID as you use for YM, then click on the contacts tab and > scroll through your contacts. Often, while someone may have > themselves showing as invisible in YM, they still have their main > Yahoo Preferences set up to show them as online in other Yahoo > services. Unfortunately, you can only show 25 contacts at a time in > Yahoo Mail so if you have a lot, you need to go through page by page. > I do not see a way to sort the Yahoo Mail contacts as to who is online or not. > > My attitude is that is someone is invisible from you, why do you > really want to chat with them. You can still send them an IM, whether > they are online or offline or invisible and they can choose to either reply or not. > > Lenny Vasbinder > http://lennyvasbinder.blogspot.com > FREE and automatic online remote backup of your documents, photos and > files... https://mozy.com/?ref=SY4ZSI Check out how simple and secure > it can be to use the Mozy remote backup system. Mozy will back up > your most important files and folders every day/night while you aren't > using your computer. > > > -----Original Message----- > From: [email protected] > [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of ;-) > Sent: Friday, April 10, 2009 9:30 AM > To: [email protected] > Subject: [Y!M] Hidden users > > what is the best utility to check the true online status of a friend?
