Are they sending you IM's or just Friend Requests? If just Friend Requests, you can't report them as SPIM but you can IGNORE them. I'm trying to recall this from memory but when you get a Friend Request, you can choose NO and then on the NEXT step, there's a box you can check to Ignore further requests or IM's from this person.
If they are sending you IM's, you can open the IM window and at the top of the white box field (where the words are), there should be a link to Report As Spam. That also automatically adds them to your Ignore List. Lenny Vasbinder Fish Blog - http://GoldLenny.blogspot.com (Links to any articles referenced in above reply are listed on the right side, alphabetically under Labels and also under Archives by Year, Month) -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of J Sent: Tuesday, June 09, 2009 3:28 PM To: [email protected] Subject: [Y!M] Re: Unwelcome contacts I have one person that requests me to add them over and over again ~ how do I report that person as "spam"? --- In [email protected], "LNVTM1 - Lenny Vasbinder" <lnv...@...> wrote: > > While anything is possible, it's not easy for your average to above > average computer user to hack into your computer or into your IM conversation. > > Were you all in a 2-party IM window or had you opened a Conference? > You also say you were "talking" so was this a Voice/Call where he > popped up or just a regular IM window? > > As far as unsolicited IM's or Friend Requests, I usually give them a > pass on the first attempt and just X out or deny the request. On a > second attempt, if they have not sent an IM explaining who they are > and/or why they are IM'ing me, I then report them as SPAM and they get > put on my Ignore List with that action. I don't think Yahoo!, Inc., > actually does anything to folks who get reported over and over but at > least I don't have to be bothered with them any longer. At least with > some email providers, if enough people report someone as a spammer, > the email provider will blacklist that person so that ALL of their emails are considered spam. > > I have my YM set up so that any IM's from people > not-on-my-friends-list, go into one window so that I do not get a > bunch of IM windows opening from these unsolicited IM's... or SPIM's. > Then I can look at the list of unsolicited IM's and click on any which > I wish to reply to. This usually happens when surfing around chat > rooms and 99% of the unsolicited IM's are from spim-bots that > automatically send one or two IM's to anyone who enters a chat room. > > 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 Deb > Sent: Monday, June 08, 2009 12:39 AM > To: [email protected] > Subject: [Y!M] Unwelcome contacts > > Hi, I was talking to my friend on YM the other day whilst we were > chatting, my friend said some person popped up out of the blue, so > she got rid of him as she did not know him then he done the the same > thing to me twice I ousted him off and kept coming back so I got a box > saying why I wanted to refuse this person and I said I did not know him. > Now up until then the person kept popping up my friend said it could > of been a spammer. > But I was scared that others could tap into our conversations could > this happen without inviting others to do so. > > Regards Deb > ------------------------------------ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Unsubscribe from Yahoo_Messenger mailto:[email protected] Switch from Normal to Digest mail mailto:[email protected] Switch from Normal to NoMail mail mailto:[email protected] Switch from Digest or NoMail to Normal mail mailto:[email protected] Write to the Moderators and Owner of the List: mailto:[email protected] Suggestions for improvements to the List should be sent to the "owner" address listed above.Yahoo! Groups Links
