Bug 88734

Summary:	auto generated trial response mechanism on authorization request
Product:	[Unmaintained] kopete	Reporter:	Jonathan C. Dietrich <porter235>
Component:	Jabber Plugin	Assignee:	Kopete Developers <kopete-bugs-null>
Status:	RESOLVED UNMAINTAINED
Severity:	wishlist	CC:	tejasdinkar
Priority:	NOR
Version First Reported In:	unspecified
Target Milestone:	---
Platform:	Debian testing
OS:	Linux
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Description Jonathan C. Dietrich 2004-09-03 05:18:02 UTC

Version:            (using KDE KDE 3.2.3)
Installed from:    Debian testing/unstable Packages

the ability to set up an auto trial response mechanism.. which, when a user wants to request subscription to my presence, they are sent an auto message which tells them that they must respond with a message with a given random set of characters in order to request my presence. if a message is received that is as specified, *then* prompt me for authorization. This would stop most spammers attempts at getting my attention, yet be only a minor pain to real people.

Comment 1 Tejas Dinkar 2009-03-24 19:44:26 UTC

This requires the following capability of protocols:
* To send messages to someone not on your buddies list.

In any case, this may be counter productive. Spammers will be able to validate your account as 'in use'

Comment 2 Christoph Cullmann 2024-09-18 18:27:23 UTC

Dear user, unfortunately Kopete is no longer maintained.

Please migrate to another solution, e.g. for Jabber a possibility is Kaidan, for Matrix a candidate is NeoChat.