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people can already talk to you when you block them, a bug in messenger that microsoft doesnt want to admit, i use it often. i think plus should allow you to send messages to someone you blocked so they cant harass you without you being able to at least say something back.. better yet, a feature in plus that could block message from someone would be awesome.

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Originally posted by megamuff
people can already talk to you when you block them, a bug in messenger that microsoft doesnt want to admit

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How long ago was this bug fixed? A year? Two years? Longer?

I'm only going to say this once: block checkers and similar exploits NO LONGER WORK!

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Originally posted by raceprouk

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Originally posted by megamuff
people can already talk to you when you block them, a bug in messenger that microsoft doesnt want to admit

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How long ago was this bug fixed? A year? Two years? Longer?

I'm only going to say this once: block checkers and similar exploits NO LONGER WORK!

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erm, its a current bug, and only recently broke out, in fact at the moment i have to use 'appear offline' status to stop the people i blocked from talking to me.

Yeah i have recently blocked people from my list and then 2 seconds later their window pops up again with a message, however i cannot reply to them because the window is greyed out because i blocked them !!

A good feature for msg plus would be using a similar approach to chat logging as mircosofts one does. For example if you use your .net passport on another computer when you exit your first conversation window it asks you if you would like to save chat logs locally. Msg plus should incorporate this feature to and ask you maybe at the start of the convo or end if you'd like to save chat logs locally with the different accounts. Maybe msgplus could save a list of users that have logged onto msn messenger and if its set to save or not to save their logs - then as different users are added their .net passport is saved in the file and their chat log settings!
Chestah

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Originally posted by megamuff
erm, its a current bug, and only recently broke out, in fact at the moment i have to use 'appear offline' status to stop the people i blocked from talking to me.

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Originally posted by Chestah007
Yeah i have recently blocked people from my list and then 2 seconds later their window pops up again with a message, however i cannot reply to them because the window is greyed out because i blocked them

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If you select "Only people on my allow list can see my status and send me messages", they can NOT talk to you anymore...

Y'know, I'd like to see this 'bug' reproduced.

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Originally posted by Chestah007
A good feature for msg plus would be using a similar approach to chat logging as mircosofts one does. For example if you use your .net passport on another computer when you exit your first conversation window it asks you if you would like to save chat logs locally. Msg plus should incorporate this feature to and ask you maybe at the start of the convo or end if you'd like to save chat logs locally with the different accounts. Maybe msgplus could save a list of users that have logged onto msn messenger and if its set to save or not to save their logs - then as different users are added their .net passport is saved in the file and their chat log settings!
Chestah

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This thread or the original thread were it was posted were not a "wishlist" thread... this is off topic... post this in an already existing feature-request thread or at least create a new thread for this suggestion....

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Originally posted by raceprouk
Y'know, I'd like to see this 'bug' reproduced.

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I just did....

but this is NOT the same bug as the one you are referring to...


set up:
* nobody is blocked
* Contact A has "allow only people..." UNchecked

reproduce:
* Contact B opens a convo with Contact A
* Contact A blocks Contact B
* Contact B will see that Contact A is appearing offline in his convo (top yellow box)
* As long as Contact B has the convo still open, he can keep sending messages to contact A



This was seriously offtopic in the original thread, so posts regarding this bug were requested to split up in a new thread.... don't post off topic

I now think I can explain this behaviour...

The conversations don't go via the central server (the one you sign into): they go trough a separate switchboard server. If the connection to that remains OPEN when the contact is blocked, then the conversation is still ALIVE. This means that the conversation can continue, at least one way.

Put simply, Messenger blocks the person, but doesn't end the conversation.

Maybe this should be submitted to MSN in a bug report...

normally it should. if you open a convo with a blocked contact it's closed right after it opened

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Originally posted by raceprouk
Messenger blocks the person, but doesn't end the conversation.

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Originally posted by Millenium_edition
normally it should. if you open a convo with a blocked contact it's closed right after it opened

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Two similar but fundamentally different scenarios. The one that reproduces the bug starts with the contact unblocked, whereas the one you suggest ME starts with the contact blocked.

That's why I suggested sending a bug report to MSN.