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Jon M · 01-08-2005, 15:24

Unfortunatly, Spim is hard to guard against with many instant messaging services.

MSN however allows you to manage "approved" and "unapproved" contacts in the buddy list, so theoretically you shouldn't get any unsolicited messages.
If someone you added starts doing so, you can't really classify the activity as Spam, because by adding them to your buddy list, you've effectively given them the go ahead to send messages to you.

The main thing, is that Spam (not SPAM which is the food) has to be unsolicited to qualify as such.
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If a buddy starts to Spam, block them... enough said.

01-08-2005, 15:24	#8
Jon M Inactive Join Date: Oct 2003 Location: East Midlands Age: 48 Services: Rural BB - Radio Link via Virgin Fibre Posts: 2,947	Re: Your take on all this Unfortunatly, Spim is hard to guard against with many instant messaging services. MSN however allows you to manage "approved" and "unapproved" contacts in the buddy list, so theoretically you shouldn't get any unsolicited messages. If someone you added starts doing so, you can't really classify the activity as Spam, because by adding them to your buddy list, you've effectively given them the go ahead to send messages to you. The main thing, is that Spam (not SPAM which is the food) has to be unsolicited to qualify as such. __________________ If a buddy starts to Spam, block them... enough said.