harassment issue

Mark Doliner mark at kingant.net
Tue Jul 28 13:23:34 EDT 2009


On Tue, Jul 28, 2009 at 12:59 AM, David
Woolley<forums at david-woolley.me.uk> wrote:
> Teddybear12787 wrote:
>
>> I use pidgin with aim and I am being harassed by a user. I know how to
>> block him but he keeps on using different screen names to harass me. How do
>> I report this to AIM. Their website was not helpful at all.
>
> The procedure is given in
> <http://www.aim.com/help_faq/starting_out/getstarted.adp#thirteen>.  It
> involves using the standard client.
>
> Unfortuantely, blocking a persistent IM abuser depends on AIMs ability to
> identify the underlying abuser.  This may involve cooperation from their
> ISP, and a really determined abuser may continually change ISPs.
>
> Ultimately, though, this is an issue between you and AIM and not related to
> Pidgin.

Additionally, if the harassment is severe enough you may want to
consider contacting the police.

-Mark




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