Dear Lazyweb: MSN

[prog]

I am starting to suspect that you cannot send an MSN Messenger IM to someone unless both you and the intended receiver are on each others' contact lists. Is this true?

Comments

[xartofnothingx.livejournal.com]

yup - msn messenger is bullshit that way :)

[popecrunch.livejournal.com]

Any reason Planbeast itself can't have a messenger account, with a requirement that users of the service add it to their contact list?

[chocorisu.livejournal.com]

I think... but am not sure... that it's a per-user option. I certainly USED to receive spam over MSN until I set an option saying "accept messages only from people on my contact list". I'm not sure what the deal is where sending messages is concerned.