tigase/siskin-im

Spamming

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amtrakuk commented

I have a problem with spamming from contact requests

There doesn't seem to be a way to block cold-calling contact requests. My brother is saying he gets push notifications for people wanting to start a chat/add a contact. There does not seem to be a way to block all except contacts on list. I have tried by making a new xmpp account and yes I get notifications and uninvited chat requests. How can I block all notifications/contact requests except contacts I have added?

Details (please complete the following information):

  • Tigase version: [e.g. 8.1.0] SISKIM-IM 7.3
  • JVM flavour and version [e.g. AdoptOpenJDK11]
  • Operating system/distribution/version [e.g. Linux Ubuntu 20.04] iOS 15.6.1 (iPhone 7)
hantu85 commented

In Siskin Settings, in Notifications, you have a setting to disable notifications from unknown (people not in your roster/contact list). This should remove no. of contact request notifications and spamming chats.

Also, when you open a chat with someone, by tapping on its name in the top bar, you will see contact settings and there you can select "Block" to block this user.

There is a new version (it is currently being tested) that allows blocking of whole domains (in the reaction of incoming chats/subscription requests).

amtrakuk commented

Thanks for the reply - it seems the right setting. I see the "Notifications from unknown" switch was On. I turned it off, but checking, it has turned itself On again. Is this a bug?

hantu85 commented

No, it may happen if your XMPP server would fail to enable this feature on the server side, ie. the feature is not implemented if I recall correctly.

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amtrakuk commented

Learn something new every day! Yes there is a spam setting on xmpp.jp

Thanks for the advise!