ICQ annoyances

I'm seriously thinking of giving up on ICQ, since it's such a haven for 
spammers... however, a few changes to the way Fire handles ICQ messages 
might help.

I already have the pop up for people who aren't in my buddy list, so I 
can refuse a request to chat.

However, if I'm away and someone sends me an authorisation request, it 
seems that my away message is sent back to them. I don't want this - it 
lets them know there is someone on that ICQ.

If I do get the authorise request, I deny it, and then click Block 
Buddy. But I still get the auth requests from the same person. Is there 
a way to stop this happening? I've not 100% established if this depends 
on whether or not the window that popped up is still open; I must be 
more systematic about it.

But either way, I'd really like to be able to cut down on this junk. 
What would be really good would also be a way for Fire to filter 
authorisation requests too - for example, either rejecting any that 
contains a URL, which seems to be a favoured trick of ICQ spammers, or 
perhaps only allowing through requests that contain a certain keyword; 
I could then give my icq on my web page, along with a message like 
'Please include the word "grommit" in your authorisation request'

Anyone else have these sorts of hassles with ICQ? Any other suggestions 
for dealing with the volume of spam?

Nigel.



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