pidgin privacy please

pidgin privacy please project is a pidgin plugin to stop spammers from annoying you. You can block messages from certain users, block messages from people who are not on your contact list, and suppress repeated authorization requests. Optionally, senders of blocked messages can be notified with an auto-reply.

This plugin was formerly known as gaim-blocky.

Features:

• Block certain users (with an optional auto-reply)
• Block messages from people who are not on your contact list (with an optional auto-reply)
• Suppress repeated authorization requests

What is new in this release:

• The "hello Poland" release
• Added Polish translation (thanks to Krystian Maksymowicz)

What is new in version 0.7.0:

• The "we can use ICQ again!" release
• Blocked ICQ auth requests no longer lead to popup windows (pidgin >= 2.8.0)
• Fixed a logic error that would cause the user info dialog not to be shown automatically when suppression of repeated auth requests was disabled
• Added option to block authorization requests that contain hyperlinks
• Added option to deny authorization requests using a regular expression (thanks to Daniel Borca)
• Corrected text for the "Suppress repeated authorization requests" option
• Changed license to GPLv3
• Added Russian translation (thanks to Anatoliy Kozlov)
• Updated German translation (thanks to Mario Siegmann)
• Code cleanup

What is new in version 0.6.4:

• An issue where known buddies had to answer the bot-check question has been fixed

What is new in version 0.6.3:

• The "sprechen Sie deutsch?" release
• Thanks to the #pidgin-de community for suggestions and testing
• Added German translation from Mario Siegmann
• Re-arranged configuration options into tabs
• Show the correct version number on Windows
• Fixed a segfault when removing users from the plugin's block list

What is new in version 0.6.2:

• The "and we're back" release
• pidgin-privacy-please is now translatable
• Accept all messages that belong to existing conversations
• Added option to specifically block OSCAR (ICQ/AIM) authorization requests
• Added option to block people using a regular expression
• Added option to block messages using a regular expression
• Added challenge-response bot-check

What is new in version 0.6.1:

• This release fixes an issue that would cause recent Pidgin versions to segfault when a contact group was right-clicked.

What is new in version 0.6.0:

• The "return of the funny names" release
• We now block people ourselves instead of (ab)using pidgin's privacy options
• Added support for blocking AOL system messages

What is new in version 0.5.3:

• A bug that could cause segfaults on auto-reply was fixed.

What is new in version 0.5.2:

• This release fixes build issues on Windows.
• It removes pidgin patches since they are no longer necessary.