[Pidgin] #10829: Auto reject file transfers

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#10829: Auto reject file transfers
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 Reporter:  mule                                                |     Owner:  rekkanoryo
     Type:  enhancement                                         |    Status:  new       
Component:  unclassified                                        |   Version:  2.6.3     
 Keywords:  block file transfer disable autoreject auto reject  |  
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 For a long time, I have wished I could switch to Pidgin completely.
 Unfortunately, there is one and only one feature that prevents me from
 doing so. This feature is the inability of blocking file transfers
 automatically. Pidgin does not currently have settings related to file
 transfers. So all I can do is choose to accept or reject file transfers
 manually. But for security reasons, I would like to disable all file
 transfers completely.

 I have even tried to resort to plugins, which is a less than ideal
 solution, but I have not found what I wanted. One such auto accept plugin,
 for example, only allows users to block file transfers from users not on
 their buddy list. This is pointless, however, for 2 reasons: 1) People who
 are not on my buddy list can't talk to me anyways 2) I need to include
 some people that I must talk to, but do not trust enough to accept a file
 transfer from.

 I am unfortunately doomed to using Trillian right now. I haven't tried
 Digsby, but it is not open source and I do not like the third party
 software that it tries to sneak into the installer. Please, please include
 settings to block file transfers in the next release of Pidgin. If you
 implement this feature, I will switch to Pidgin immediately and not look
 back. I need to be able to simply disable file transfers completely! It
 would be nice, but not necessary to block them only for specific people,
 but the critical feature for me would be to disable it completely for
 everybody and anybody. Trillian has this feature, but it is the ONLY
 reason I am still using Trillian instead of Pidgin.

 Thank you so much for your time! Happy Thanksgiving! I wait agonizingly
 for a possible future release that will allow me to block all file
 transfers and use Pidgin with peace of mind.

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