BLOCK unsolicited contact attempts

PLEASE - when is Microsoft's Skype going to allow users the (optional) privacy of BLOCK UNSOLICITED CONTACT attempts? 'm fed up with being harrassed by "Nubile in Nigera" or "Great t*ts in Ghana" - such can cause considerable embarrassment, suspicion and family ructions, doubt and angst. I'm well aware there have been several requests for a feature such as this yet there has been NO RESPONSE from either Microsoft or Skype. Thank you.

I have read other complaints of this nature so I wish to add to these. I am fed up to the back teeth with the number of unsolicited contact requests with some of them sounding rather creepy which makes me feel decidedly uncomfortable. They are mostly if not all from American men who claim a lot of the time to be serving in Afghanistan and give long sob stories. Now whilst I am sensitive to and hugely appreciative of what armed forces from countries around the world do to protect us all I still do not welcome this intrusion. Kindly do something about this now. As you at Skype are fully aware there are several alternatives of this type of communication available so if you wish to keep your customer base and so keep your business going and all the implications of that business might I STRONGLY suggest you carry these changes out sooner rather than later.

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Unsolicited contact requests (spams / junk)

I though Skype would have been a better platform, but it appears to be the worst of the worst. I am constantly inundated with (mostly sexual) unsolicited contact requests. I do not have the time to keep blocking every day.
Does Microsoft have a plan and timeline on fixing this? Else I will be uninstalling Skype.
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What I want is a solution that handles the problem terminatedly! I do get multiple unwanted requests daily (4 already and its only 9AM). This situation has gotten worse over the last few weeks.
I talked with customer support and have set all the privacy settings according to recommendations and even changed my profile name - I was assured this would stop the requests. Well none of the recommendations work.
So why have this privacy setting "Allow messages from: Contacts" if it does not work? Its a little like those buttons at crosswalks.
It seems like a simple formula - contact request does not equal contact on my list = reject it! I will gladly add a person I want to my contacts. How you ask? They can call me on the phone, send me an email, talk to me in person, contact a friend, post on my Facebook - if they don't have any of these then they are a contact I don't need. Will this cause an inconvenience? Maybe but I am not unreachable.
Skype is a tool. A very handy tool for texting, calling, file transfers, conferencing. I use it every single day.
I sympathize with the person who started this thread. Their solution is unworkable for me since Skype is as integral to my business as an internet connection. So the only option Skype has left me is to close my account and open up another one.
This is a VERY BIG hassle as anyone with hundreds of contacts might imagine.
So I ask....make the privacy setting you promote really work. Exclude all contact requests, delete them, do not let them thru, obliterate them, send them all to SPAM hell if they are not on my contact list! Simple, easy, and straight forward.
Can you do this?

Receiving unsolicited contact requests.

I only use Skype for chats & video calls to my relatives in Australia. Normally I do not receive unsolicited contact requests. I have had them before and they seem to follow either new Skype updates or my Skype activity. I video called OZ last week and I am now receiving 6 or 7 unsolicited contact requests from young women in Africa/Asia each day now?Yes my settings only allow my contacts to contact me and yes I block all the unwanted requests; but it is annoying and upsetting because I do not know how & why it happens and I cannot stop it.Apparently neither can/will Skype?My apologies for being repetitious, I'm just blowing off steam.

YOU ARE NOT ALONE. SAME ISSUE JUST STARTED JULY 2015. IF SKYPE DOES NOT PUT IN A FILTER THEY ARE GOING TO LOOSE A LOT OF CUSTOMERS AND THEIR REPUTATION.
THIS IS LIKE GETTING ANNOYING TELEPHONE CALLS FOR DONATIONS EVERY DAY BY HUNDREDS OF CALLERS. WILL SKYPE GET THE MESSAGE? EVERYONE KEEP BEATING ON SKYPE!!!!

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I have created a new field as value attribute in Relationship block of contact overview page. Since both AET and EEWB did not allow creation of the field as part of BUT051 I had to create value atribute. I have custom logic for the field. Can you please let me know how I can populate the field.
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How do I block unsolicited e-mail(s) from unsolicited senders? Why isn't there an auto option that simply pops up and asks if you wish to block this sender from future e-mails? I am so tired of my e-mail address being sucked out of a friends address book,

How do I block unsolicited e-mails from the sites that have stolen my e-mail address from a friends address book, and send me non-stop horrid e-mails. Why is there no pop-up to ask if "want sender blocked", to easily solve this problem? Seems like it would be such an easy solution to what must be a universal problem with these e-mail pirates.

It is frontiernet.com that would need to block the emails.
You can setup a Mail "Rule" to send email you do not want into the trash, or a spam folder, etc...
In fact, there is a Mail -> Message -> Mark -> as Junk Mail, which will train Mail to reconize junk mail and start to automatically move it to a junk mail folder.
You can put this option on the Mail toolbar via Mail -> View -> Customize Toolbar, and drag the "Junk" icon to your Mail Toolbar.
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How do i block a contact from my iphone? I dont want to receive a text message from that contact anymore.Thanks

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I Want to prevent some contacts from reaching me on my iPad, but I don't want to block them from my iPhone. Is this possible, or will blocking them on my iPad block them across all my devices?

Hi, thanks for the reply. I know how to enable blocking, I'm just not sure the result.
are you saying that by blocking a contact on messages on my iPad, that it will not block the same contact on FaceTime On my iPad? In other words, I have to block them on both apps?
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I am currently being harassed, and threats to my life are sent to me daily through iMessage, should I choose to enable it.
I pay each month a fee to AT&T to block that number from calling and texting me, but they have an open conduit to make my life ****, via iMessage.
I have had this problem for a year now, and two police reports have done nothing to stop this harassment.
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If someone is sending threats to your life, you need to take yourself (and your iPhone) to local police/law enforcement, or contact the nearest FBI field office. The fact that there's no button to block this person is secondary to the threatening nature of their messages, which should be your first priority. Yes, maybe it's nothing and maybe nothing will happen, but if, God forbid, the person snaps and comes after you, wouldn't it be better if the police had a heads up about this person?
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Hi, can anyone help with blocking a contact. I have followed the instructions : settings-phone- block - add new and I keep getting calls from this number.
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I would like to block a contact from texting and calling me. Is there any way to do that with the iPhone?

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Reply to n82phone:
what you are telling i think is too much. I've read your requests and believe me some of them is out of context. One example is listening to radio while being on a call. Who would like to have such options?? It's ridiculous.
But But it doesn't mean all of them are ridiculous! Just like the #1 concerning music, #4 concerning the camera and #5 concerning the volume, I strongly agree with you as it makes sense!
So if I was to write to nokia, which I will do in the coming days is to write them again:
Points #1,4,5,9,11,14,15,24! These are strong points!
People out there, if you want the changes I specified to be done by nokia, you should write them the same points. If only one or two write, it's useless, they won't take it as a priority.
Of course, don't copy paste or they will think the same person is spamming them. I hope it's clear. Write in your own words. Don't think changes will be done by magic or by doing nothing with arms folded. You should do a move.
THIS IS A USER TO USER FORUM. YOU CAN POST YOUR PROBLEM HERE. WE'LL DISCUSS ABOUT IT, THEN ALL OF US SHOULD WRITE NOKIA TO CORRECT THE MATTER IF IT CONCERNS FIRMWARE. FOLLOW THE LINK "CONTACT US > CALL OR EMAIL NOKIA CARE" TO REPORT THE PROBLEM TO NOKIA.
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