permanently removing old contacts

I read the other members question with regards to permanently deleting old contacts from their privacy settings. I too have wanted to do that for years and find it very unacceptable that the only way a person can remove another person is by blocking them.
This is an inappropriate method as this allows unwanted information to remain on the other persons side forever, if they choose to do so.
It would be my suggestion to add a feature which would allow a member to permanently delete another member.

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Greetings,

This is regularly suggested but I don't believe it will be happening I'm afraid.

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"steve call" wrote in message news:...
> I read the other members question with regards to permanently deleting old contacts from
> their privacy settings. I too have wanted to do that for years and find it very
> unacceptable that the only way a person can remove another person is by blocking them.
> This is an inappropriate method as this allows unwanted information to remain on the other
> persons side forever, if they choose to do so.
> It would be my suggestion to add a feature which would allow a member to permanently delete
> another member.
>
> EggHeadCafe - .NET Developer Portal of Choice
> http://www.eggheadcafe.com

Child safety from pedophiles is the more relevant reason Microsoft should
change this.

A pedophile can add the email addresses of a 1,000 minors. Some minors
will accept invitations out of curiousity if nothing else. Even if they
block them, they stay added in the privacy section. Then maybe one day the
child gets curious and decides to add them onto their contact list and
unblock them and they get chatting..... the rest is a parents nightmare, and
a newspaper horror story for you and me.

It is a straight fact (check the DOJ and CIA World Fact book) that one in 52
adults is a convicted criminal. MSN allows them to invite themselves into
your home, with reasonable chance of success at the invitation being accepted.

It is also a straight fact that the average age a child first sees hardcore
pornography is 11.

It is also a fact that the Internet (unlike our streets) is virtually
unpoliced and unpolicable.

So this assumption that the Internet is harmless, is not a socially
responsible attitude by Microsoft or any other Internet equipment and
software vendors. This profitable industry is still in its infancy, dodging
responsiblity for the ability of fraudsters, pornographers, and all types of
criminals to gain access to the bedrooms and minds of children and adults the
world over.

Time to grow up Microsoft, and accept responsibility for the world you have
helped create while generating the outstanding profits that you have. As
any criminal will tell you, being irresponsible is the most profitable
business model with the least overheads.

The customer is king, not the profits you can make from them.

Adrien Belcourt
Network Secure Ltd.
www.netsecgroup.com

"Jonathan Kay [MVP]" wrote:

> Greetings,
>
> This is regularly suggested but I don't believe it will be happening I'm afraid.
>
> --
> Jonathan Kay
> Microsoft MVP - Windows Live Messenger
> --
>
>
> "steve call" wrote in message news:...
> > I read the other members question with regards to permanently deleting old contacts from
> > their privacy settings. I too have wanted to do that for years and find it very
> > unacceptable that the only way a person can remove another person is by blocking them.
> > This is an inappropriate method as this allows unwanted information to remain on the other
> > persons side forever, if they choose to do so.
> > It would be my suggestion to add a feature which would allow a member to permanently delete
> > another member.
> >
> > EggHeadCafe - .NET Developer Portal of Choice
> > http://www.eggheadcafe.com
>
>
>

I agree, one should have the right to choose who we keep in our privacy
settings as well as for child security, Windows Messenger needs to make this
happen.

"steve call" wrote:

> I read the other members question with regards to permanently deleting old contacts from their privacy settings. I too have wanted to do that for years and find it very unacceptable that the only way a person can remove another person is by blocking them.
> This is an inappropriate method as this allows unwanted information to remain on the other persons side forever, if they choose to do so.
> It would be my suggestion to add a feature which would allow a member to permanently delete another member.
>
> EggHeadCafe - .NET Developer Portal of Choice
> http://www.eggheadcafe.com
>

This has irritated me for years and I have asked the question before as to
why, and never had a satisfactory answer. one response I got was when people
stop using an address it would disappear of my list but that was rubbish as I
have had addresses on there for years of people who I know have never used
that particular account. Heck one person is even dead which I find rather
upsetting that he is still showing..

"steve call" wrote:

> I read the other members question with regards to permanently deleting old contacts from their privacy settings. I too have wanted to do that for years and find it very unacceptable that the only way a person can remove another person is by blocking them.
> This is an inappropriate method as this allows unwanted information to remain on the other persons side forever, if they choose to do so.
> It would be my suggestion to add a feature which would allow a member to permanently delete another member.
>
> EggHeadCafe - .NET Developer Portal of Choice
> http://www.eggheadcafe.com
>