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Originally posted by Fabulist
Then the question is; assuming the Messenger Plus staff has knowledge over this matter, why do they continue to support such a function in their program, such as the contact clean-up, since it is flawed and cannot be fixed but only by Microsoft?

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The functionality is still there but in that same panel it is clearly stated that this particular information is not 100% accurate.

When it indicates "No, contact doesn't have you" it might be wrong. But if it states "Yes, contact has you", it is correct though. So it is not completely wrong either and as such is not completely useless either. Everything else about the Contact List Cleanup panel is 100% correct.

Also note that this reverse list is still included in WLM 14 (2009) itself without any note that it isn't that accurate anymore!! Tools > Options > Privacy > Who has added me

(So, in fact, one could argue that this reverse list information in Messenger Plus! is still accurate, in the sense that Plus! simply shows what Windows Live Messenger provides)

If you don't see such a statement that it is not "reliable" in Messenger Plus!'s Contact List Cleanup panel, it means you either don't have an up-to-date Messenger Plus! or that the translation you're using isn't accurate (and consequently you need to complain to the translator(s) of that translation in question).



PS: Since MS has changed how the reverse list works many many (and I realy mean many) posts have been posted on this forum in regards to that, explaining the issue and why it sometimes gives wrong information. A search with "reverse list" or "contact cleanup" or something like that should surely list such posts.

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Originally posted by matty
This is what happens when a corporation takes over one mans works. Voices are heard but tend to be swept under the rug...

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Oh matty come on... Yuna fucked up many things, but not everything is their fault. Even when Patchou was still the only one developping Plus!, Microsoft had already changed how the reverse list works. Moreover, IIRC it was only one of the last 4.90 versions/first Plus! 5 versions, thus when Yuna took over, that this note of '[not reliable]' was added! So, if anything, you should blame Patchou for not making that change anytime sooner. And blame MS too for not updating Windows Live Messenger 14.