Block user

[J.K.]

Hi!
Does anyone knows how I could detect if someone has blocked me or not in
windows messenger?

Another question, is wether or not I could retreive the IP address of a
person that I chating with?

Thanx.
John

[Jonathan Kay [MVP]]

Greetings John,

You might be able to detect if they've blocked you, go to http://www.mess.be, click
"Block/Status Checker" on the left hand side and enter their passport e-mail address.

The only way you could retrieve an IP address of someone is if you were to initiate (or they
did) a file transfer, voice/video conversation, or something else that directly connects you
to your contact -- basic text chatting goes through the Messenger servers and is untraceable
(at least at your end).
____________________________________________
Jonathan Kay
Windows MVP, Messenger
Associate Expert
http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/expertzone/
Messenger Resources - http://messenger.jonathankay.com

"J.K." > wrote in message ...
> Hi!
> Does anyone knows how I could detect if someone has blocked me or not in
> windows messenger?
>
> Another question, is wether or not I could retreive the IP address of a
> person that I chating with?
>
> Thanx.
> John
>
>

[Graham]

"J.K." > wrote in message
...
> Hi!
> Does anyone knows how I could detect if someone has blocked me or not in
> windows messenger?
>
> Another question, is wether or not I could retreive the IP address of a
> person that I chating with?
>
> Thanx.
> John
>
>

You can only detect if someone blocks you if you are running Windows
Messenger 4.7 or MSN Messenger 4.6 or below, with an anti-block tool
installed. It works only if by chance, a person opens your window while you
are blocked.

If you want the IP Address for a genuine purpose, then ask them for it,
otherwise I assume you want it to perform a dastly deed, so I won't be
disclosing how to get it any other way.

HTH

Graham

[Chuck]

On Wed, 14 May 2003 15:01:00 -0400, "Jonathan Kay [MVP]"
> wrote:

>Greetings John,
>
>You might be able to detect if they've blocked you, go to http://www.mess.be, click
>"Block/Status Checker" on the left hand side and enter their passport e-mail address.
>
>SNIP<

Jonathan,

I find that a very disturbing page. What do you think about the
polygamy patch? That makes me wonder - when you block someone, you
specify the person blocked by their current nickname. But what does
the block record - nickname or userid?


Chuck Croll

Spam sucks - PLEASE get rid of the spam before emailing me!

[Jonathan Kay [MVP]]

Hi Chuck,

On Messenger, the display names means very little (besides showing up in the client as the
persons name -- everything is based on passport e-mail address).

Although at first glance "Mess with MSN Messenger" may appear like some site devoted to
breaking Messenger, it really isn't -- it's more about having fun (like adding ASCII
characters into your display name) -- pretty harmless.

The polygamy patch does work alright, although it can cause other apps that use the Messenger
COM control to be "confused" -- obviously its unsupported.
____________________________________________
Jonathan Kay
Windows MVP, Messenger
Associate Expert
http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/expertzone/
Messenger Resources - http://messenger.jonathankay.com

"Chuck" > wrote in message
...
> On Wed, 14 May 2003 15:01:00 -0400, "Jonathan Kay [MVP]"
> > wrote:
>
> >Greetings John,
> >
> >You might be able to detect if they've blocked you, go to http://www.mess.be, click
> >"Block/Status Checker" on the left hand side and enter their passport e-mail address.
> >
> >SNIP<
>
> Jonathan,
>
> I find that a very disturbing page. What do you think about the
> polygamy patch? That makes me wonder - when you block someone, you
> specify the person blocked by their current nickname. But what does
> the block record - nickname or userid?
>
>
> Chuck Croll
>
> Spam sucks - PLEASE get rid of the spam before emailing me!
>

[Jim Eriksen]

anti-block huh? Where would I see that at ?

On Wed, 14 May 2003 20:36:16 +0100, "Graham"
> wrote:

>anti-block