friend requests, ty Lenny, I'll add them to ignore list
--- In [email protected], "LNVTM1 - Lenny Vasbinder" <lnv...@...>
wrote:
>
> 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
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> -----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"
> <lnvtm1@> 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
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> >
> > -----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
> >
>
>
>
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