Version: 0.12.3 (using KDE 3.5.5, Kubuntu (edgy) 4:3.5.5-0ubuntu3) Compiler: Target: i486-linux-gnu OS: Linux (i686) release 2.6.17-10-386 There should be an option to ignore (temporarily) the messages from a contact, in the same way you can do it in IRC. But more important than that: there should be an option to ignore the "system messages" sent by a Jabber gateway. I'm tired of dismissing MSN gateway messages saying that "I have mail" every time I turn on Kopete and connect to my Jabber account. Since the MSN gateway isn't a contact by itself, I can't "ignore" it.
Dear user, unfortunately Kopete is no longer maintained.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.