[Pidgin] #7423: Pidgin accepts instant messages coming from people not on the buddy list

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#7423: Pidgin accepts instant messages coming from people not on the buddy list
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 Reporter:  fogus                                                  |        Owner:  lschiere    
     Type:  defect                                                 |       Status:  closed      
Milestone:                                                         |    Component:  unclassified
  Version:  2.5.2                                                  |   Resolution:  worksforme  
 Keywords:  MSN ads buddy list privacy block unsolicited messages  |  
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Changes (by deryni):

  * status:  new => closed
  * resolution:  => worksforme


Comment:

 I doubt that WLM defaults to not allowing anyone not on the buddy list to
 contact a person, but I fully expect that it does default to only allowing
 people on the allow list to contact the user. This is a perfectly fine
 decision, as is allowing the user to choose to only allow people on the
 buddy list. MSN (the protocol) however does not such an option and
 requires the user to manage the separate allow list (which tends to be
 almost identical to the buddy list because of how the two interact).

 None of those facts though has any real bearing on the issue at hand,
 which is that if you select the correct privacy mode in pidgin you should
 be able to get MSN to prevent you from being messaged by people not on
 your allow list. If, after making sure your MSN account is set to 'allow
 only those below' you still find yourself getting messaged by people who
 aren't on that list you should file a bug about that (or indicate that
 here and re-purpose this ticket).

 I had not previously looked at the attached images, assuming they were
 just images of conversations with people not on the buddy list. If in fact
 this ticket is about the fact that bot sentry causes error messages then
 yes this is likely a duplicate of #6604.

 Either way, I am going to close this pending indication that I have
 misunderstood something or the privacy settings are in fact not working as
 they are supposed to.

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