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At the end of a difficult conversation with a 'friend' this morning on Windows Live Messenger I received the following message:

Nick Young said:
I hate being like this

Dave Peters said:
David Peters has deleted you

and in the conversation history it looked like this...

12/02/09 13:15:57 Dave Peters Nick Young David Peters has deleted you

Is this genuine? Does Windows Live Messenger send this message when someone deletes you or has my 'friend' simply written these words himself?

What struck me as particulary strange was that the message said 'David Peters' and not 'Dave Peters'

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Originally posted by Easylistener
At the end of a difficult conversation with a 'friend' this morning on Windows Live Messenger I received the following message:

Nick Young said:
I hate being like this

Dave Peters said:
David Peters has deleted you

and in the conversation history it looked like this...

12/02/09 13:15:57 Dave Peters Nick Young David Peters has deleted you

Is this genuine? Does Windows Live Messenger send this message when someone deletes you or has my 'friend' simply written these words himself?

What struck me as particulary strange was that the message said 'David Peters' and not 'Dave Peters'

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No, Windows Live Messenger never tells you when someone deletes you and what makes you think he didnt say it? Maybe he's tricking you or something and he actually said it himself. If you want to make sure you were deleted or not check the contacts list clean-up.

Your friend just wrote it. Messenger does not show you in any way when someone deletes you from their contact list.

Thanks Moh Zayadi for this. It would be true to form if it were a trick but it's quite a delicate matter so I'm trying to work out what's happening.

What confused me was that the words 'David Peters has deleted you' were in a slightly different typeface and colour but I guess he could have done this.

He told me two weeks ago he was deleting me but clearly didn't. Now today this.

When I check his e-mail address in Privacy, 'delete' is in grey which I take to mean he has not deleted me.

What do you mean by the Contacts List Clean-Up?

When you speak of an add-on, do you mean him using one or me and what kind?

Thank you for your time...

An addon can fake certain types of messages, like StuffPlug can add an action text (shown below) and a fake invitation.

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Originally posted by MeEtc
An addon can fake certain types of messages, like StuffPlug can add an action text (shown below) and a fake invitation.

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Exactly, but most certainly it's your friend who said it.

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Originally posted by Easylistener
What confused me was that the words 'David Peters has deleted you' were in a slightly different typeface and colour but I guess he could have done this.

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This was most likely achieved by him typing something like "/me has deleted you" (without the quotation marks)

if the person has Messenger Plus! Live installed, this causes the message to be sent as an action, using the person's screenname to replace /me and puts it in a different colour and typeface

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Originally posted by Easylistener

When I check his e-mail address in Privacy, 'delete' is in grey which I take to mean he has not deleted me.

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THis doesn't actually mean anything, this just means that you have not deleted him from your allowed contacts list

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Originally posted by Easylistener

What do you mean by the Contacts List Clean-Up?

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This is a feature of Messenger Plus! Live, it enables you to see which contacts still have you in their contact list.

When Messenger Plus! Live is installed, you click the Messenger Plus! Live button on the contact list, then choose 'Contact List-Cleanup' and it will give you a list of the contacts in your contact list, showing whether they have you or not.  There is also another list to view a list of all contacts who have you in their contact list (this includes ones you may have deleted)

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Originally posted by Easylistener

When you speak of an add-on, do you mean him using one or me and what kind?

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The add-on would be them using one, such as Messenger Plus! Live, it won't be anything that's installed on your system, text maniuplation occurs at the sender's end