recently deleted all unwanted names

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J Ross

I am using MS Messenger 6.1 under Win XP.
I have recently deleted all unwanted names from
the Messenger > Option > Privacy but one,
which I cannot for some reason delete.
Could someone explain why this happens
and what should I do about it?

The name is strange and unknown to me.
I presume it is a kind of " sticky spammer" ..

Any information would be appreciated..

TIA

JD Ross
 
Thanks Jonathan,

Yes it is greyed out. I'll try to locate the Main List.
Though I haven't got any clue where it might be.
Thanks for hint.

Jdr
 
Hi Jonathan,

I have tried all possible combination with the list of Allowed and Blocked
List.
No success I'm afraid. In all the cases Option "Delete" id greyed out.
Of course, address in question is Blocked but I would like to delete it as
all others I've deleted successfully. This one stays all the time on my
right Blocked List. Theoretically it should be OK. But why this one
address
behaves differently? This address stays on server I presume?
Because I have no trace of it on my PC.

Jdr
 
Hi Jonathan,

It must something else than that. There is no such name or address on any
other place or list
in my PC and still this one address cannot be deleted.

Jdr
 
Hi Jdr,

I don't think you understood, so let me try again.

Firstly, to address what you just said, all this data is kept on the Messenger servers, there
is a cache of your contact list stored in the registry, but otherwise everything is on the
servers, there is nothing you can do locally to change this.

Secondly, the contact you wish to delete still has you on *THEIR* main contact list, and
until *THEY* remove you, you *can't* remove them. There is *nothing* you personally can do
about this, except to e-mail/phone/whatever them and ask them to remove you.
____________________________________________
Jonathan Kay
Microsoft MVP - Windows Messenger/MSN Messenger
Associate Expert
http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/expertzone/
Messenger Resources - http://messenger.jonathankay.com
 
You were correct, I did not understand your message at first
time. Now I do...;-)
However there were names which I deleted with no problems.
These names were, I presume, on the "Main List" too...
but somehow I managed to delete them without
asking Server to do it for me.

Thanks for your time and help.

Jdr
 
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