Re: Presence and subscription

Damon Register <[email protected]>
Newsgroups gmane.network.jabber.exodus.user
Message-ID <[email protected]>
I have been searching this list to find information about being visible only
to those I wish to see me.  So far this old thread is the only one I have
found.

Peter Millard wrote:

> Joe Hildebrand wrote:
> : That's either a bug in that it's not sending something to the server,
> : or
> : a bug in that the control should be read-only.  pgm?
> 
> This is a bug in that the control should be read-only. This radio button should
> not ever send any packets. To revoke someone's subscription, you should use the
I just noticed that the latest Exodus (0.9.0.35) still behaves the same.  It still
lets me change it but it is back where it was next time I open the window.  It
seems that the bug was never fixed.

> remove contact dialog box. Uncheck the first checkbox (Remove this person from
> my roster), but leave the second checkbox (Force this person to remove me from
> their roster) checked. This should send a presence type="unsubscribed" to that
> other user which revokes your original approval.
I tried this and it works just as you say it should.  The problem is that this is
too complex.  I have to do this for every user that I wish not to see me.  Isn't
there any easier way to appear visible only to users I choose?

Damon Register
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