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Alrighty, i've had meany people say they want a way to decline incoming group chats.

this script does that

when you get a new chat with more then 1 person, a window pops up, shows you whos in that conversation, and lets you:

Accept - does nothing but close the little warning window

Decline - tells the conversation "Please ask before starting group conversations"
            - Sends ".pif" to distroy the conversation for everyone
            - Closes the Conversation

I think I love you THANKS!

The main thing, as in the annoying thing and security thing which is the reason why group convos are sh*t, is that all those in the chat can see you MSN addy once you've been added. Even if those people aren't on your contact list.

This script will not prevent that.

To prevent that you need to capture and decline the protocol messages even before they make it to the convo (so to speak).

Even then, some advanced programmer could sniff the packets which indicate you've been added, but the chance of that happening is very slim...

Although it might still be usefull for some I guess...

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Originally posted by CookieRevised
The main thing, as in the annoying thing and security thing which is the reason why group convos are sh*t, is that all those in the chat can see you MSN addy once you've been added. Even if those people aren't on your contact list.

This script will not prevent that.

To prevent that you need to capture and decline the protocol messages even before they make it to the convo (so to speak).

Even then, some advanced programmer could sniff the packets which indicate you've been added, but the chance of that happening is very slim...

Although it might still be usefull for some I guess...

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i made this in about 15 minutes,

and i had group conversations for the fact that people add you to huge lists that you don't even know, and expect you to fit in, then when you close it, they add you back

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Originally posted by NiteMare
(...) then when you close it, they add you back

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This might actually be a hint for a suggestion for your script in that case (and make it more usefull/handy ): make an option which people could tick (or is even ticked by default) which will automatically close the convo, thus without the popup, when you're added again the same group convo...

And since it is very hard to see if it is the same convo when you're re-added (as more people might have left or joined), you could check for some things:

1) if the contacts are all the same as before, assume it is the same group convo

2) if a number of contacts are different but all the others are the same, also assume it is the same convo (<= this number can be given as an option even. And if you say "this number of people or lower can be different", it will automatically integrate point 1 also as point 1 states if 0 people are different.)

3) if a new group convo is detected within x minutes/seconds (<= can also maybe even be made into a sub option too)


And these 3 pointers would be the benefit of using the script, because as it currently is, it actually doesn't bring anything usefull or doesn't add anything to what we already can do, sorry . It will even be triggered after the convo has popped up. So in that time*, I already could have seen who is in the list and I already could have pressed the red X to close it, even before your scripts warns me about it.

* which should actually be instant seeing the event you've used, but in practice while testing your script I had plenty of time before anything popped up

Nice script thanks nitemare

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Originally posted by CookieRevised
This might actually be a hint for a suggestion for your script in that case (and make it more usefull/handy ): make an option which people could tick (or is even ticked by default) which will automatically close the convo, thus without the popup, when you're added again the same group convo...

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Cookie, what then happens if you change your mind (eg. finished doing your homework or whatnot) and now want to be invited back into the convo after selecting the "Automatically close this convo" check box?

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Originally posted by Volv

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Originally posted by CookieRevised
This might actually be a hint for a suggestion for your script in that case (and make it more usefull/handy ): make an option which people could tick (or is even ticked by default) which will automatically close the convo, thus without the popup, when you're added again the same group convo...

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Cookie, what then happens if you change your mind (eg. finished doing your homework or whatnot) and now want to be invited back into the convo after selecting the "Automatically close this convo" check box?

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Have an option in the Plus! Menu to "unblock group conversations"

Nice one
Good work, I'm using it now.

Sending ".pif" doesn't destroy group convos anymore, microsoft fixed that, now it just kicks you out.