Bug 472498

Summary:	"Allow all users to contact me" option doesn't work.
Product:	Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5	Reporter:	Suqin Huang <shuang>
Component:	pidgin	Assignee:	Warren Togami <wtogami>
Status:	CLOSED WONTFIX	QA Contact:	desktop-bugs <desktop-bugs>
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Priority:	medium
Version:	5.2	CC:	daniel_atallah, deryni, eblanton, lschiere+bugs, mark, redhat-bugzilla, shuang, stu
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Description Suqin Huang 2008-11-21 07:11:06 UTC

Description of problem:
The blocked users are still blocked after select "Allow all users to contact me".

Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable):
pidgin-2.5.1-3.el5 - i386 (en_US)

How reproducible:
Always

Steps to Reproduce:
1. Launch pidgin and login a msn account.
2. Right click a buddy and select "Block" to block it.
3. Click "Tool->Privacy".
4. Select "Allow all users to contact me" at the drop down list in the pop-up window.
  
Actual results:
The blocked buddy still can not sent message to you, and you status is still offline.

Expected results:
The blocked buddy can sent message to you now, and your status isn't offline anymore.

Additional info:

Comment 1 Warren Togami 2008-11-23 19:24:02 UTC

http://people.redhat.com/wtogami/temp/pidgin/
Please test these binaries.  Any better or different?

Comment 2 Suqin Huang 2008-11-24 09:34:14 UTC

 pidgin-2.5.2-3.el5.i386 still have this problem.

Comment 3 Suqin Huang 2008-11-24 10:04:16 UTC

Another issue.
1. Launch pidgin and login a msn account.
2. Right click a buddy and select "Block" to block it.
3. Click "Tool->Privacy".
4. Select "Allow all users to contact me" at the drop down list in the pop-up
window.
5. Select "Block only the users below" and remove the buddy you block.

Actual result:
After step5 the block icon is displayed beside the buddy name.

Comment 4 RHEL Program Management 2014-03-07 12:49:12 UTC

This bug/component is not included in scope for RHEL-5.11.0 which is the last RHEL5 minor release. This Bugzilla will soon be CLOSED as WONTFIX (at the end of RHEL5.11 development phase (Apr 22, 2014)). Please contact your account manager or support representative in case you need to escalate this bug.

Comment 5 RHEL Program Management 2014-06-02 13:18:59 UTC

Thank you for submitting this request for inclusion in Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5. We've carefully evaluated the request, but are unable to include it in RHEL5 stream. If the issue is critical for your business, please provide additional business justification through the appropriate support channels (https://access.redhat.com/site/support).

Comment 6 Red Hat Bugzilla 2023-09-14 01:14:20 UTC

The needinfo request[s] on this closed bug have been removed as they have been unresolved for 1000 days