Preserving your Windows Messenger Privacy
Published: July 9, 2001
Submitted by Associate Expert Barb Bowman
Windows Messenger allows you to specify whether your online presence will be seen by everyone, or only by the list of contacts that you create yourself.
1. | Click Tools, click Options, and then click Preferences. |
2. | Click on the Privacy tab. |
3. | The default setting is to allow all other users to see that you are online. 
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4. | To change this, click the Block button to move all other users to your Block List. 
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5. | As you selectively add friends, family, and co-workers to your contact list, they will automatically be added to your Allow List. 
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6. | When other users wish to add you to their contact lists, an alert will display and you'll have the choice of allowing or declining. |
