954107 - Conversations need the option to Block a buddy.

Status: RESOLVED DUPLICATE of bug 953582

(Instantbird Graveyard :: Conversation, defect)

Description

[Instantbot]

*** Original post on bio 672 by patrickjdempsey <pjdkrunkt AT lycos.com> at 2011-01-31 00:49:00 UTC ***

Currently, when I get a conversation invitation from an unknown user, I get the option to block that user before the conversation begins.  However, there is no way to block a user once the conversation has begun.  This is especially problematic when dealing with old accounts that a buddy may no longer use which has been hacked, or when an attacker has created accounts with similar names to a hacked account.  You may think you are talking to a friend only to discover it is a hacked account, in which case there is no way to directly block the conversation in IB.  I propose a context menu item for conversation tabs that blocks conversations.  This could use the same API as the initial popup (which I think actually sets up the block through the parent client account such as Yahoo, etc... although it would probably be better if IB was able to have it's own block-list UI as well.

Comment 1

[Patrick Cloke [:clokep]]

*** Original post on bio 672 at 2011-01-31 00:55:38 UTC ***

We have a (poorly worded) bug for this already, I'm adding the information to that one.