Managing Yahoo Instant Messenger (YIM) Buddy Lists?I have a few questions about Yahoo! messenger (YIM), since they don't supply customer support. When I add someone to my 'buddies' list, I have one of two scenarios to play out afterwards. So in other words, once you allow someone to add you as a buddy, how can you ever *disallow that*? The answer your first question is yes. Everyone who uses YIM receives a dialog box when someone wants to add them. It's only in the latest version that you are actually forced to choose, in older versions of YIM you were able to bypass the "Add Buddy�? process by clicking Cancel. As for your second question the answer is block. You'll want to "delete friend�? and possibly "ignore friend�? but before you do either of those you'll want to block them that way they won't know when you're online.  That should address your YIM (Yahoo Instant Messenger) questions, I hope! Thanks to Mya Leigh for her help with this question.
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Never miss another useful Q&A article again! Subscribe to AskDaveTaylor with Google Reader. this question needs to be answered... I am on a MAC as was the person asking the question, i guess. Anyone know the answer? Posted by: bob at February 14, 2006 9:13 AMHow can i remove myself from someone else list? yes,how do you delete my name from there list,they always know when im on,and i want my name off there list,how do i do it,thankyou Posted by: freddie at March 30, 2006 10:45 AMHere's another possible solution: http://www.modernmorph.com/downloads/comment.php?dlid=77 Posted by: programming_geek at April 3, 2006 12:10 PMI do not understand how to add a yahoo.com customer to my aol.com IM buddy list. I'm new at the computer and I just don't understand what I'm doing wrong. Posted by: cynthia mettlach at April 4, 2006 9:08 PMI want to retrieve the buddy list of a remote yahoo id. How can i get it. Please help me. Posted by: Thomas at July 22, 2006 6:34 AMhello, short question For 2 days now my Yahoo IM won't open . I'm on a Mac and the little spinning circle has been spinning for hours without giving me a error message or letting me on to my Yahoo IM WHATS WRONG ? Posted by: robert Carsten at October 9, 2006 8:23 AMhow do i add a contact to the mesenger list? I do not understand how to add a yahoo.com customer to my aol.com IM buddy list. I'm new at the computer and I just don't understand what I'm doing wrong. Posted by: maggie at December 29, 2006 11:08 AMI want to know when did last 2 times my yahoo messanger gets login - with dates & time - its really important as well urgent for me. When talking to a friend on yahoo messenger she can hear me and I can't hear her. we went through all the instructions and trouble shooting help but still have the same problem. Posted by: Raymond at March 10, 2007 2:04 PMHow do u instant message someone who has a different computer than yours? Posted by: Heather at March 18, 2007 2:51 PMHow Can I Delete My Own self How do I ADD a friend to my yahoo list???? Posted by: Ruthie Lewis at May 21, 2007 7:05 PMI want to know if I'm being blocked or deleted altogether from someone's buddy list. How can I find out if i've been removed (not just blocked) from someone else's buddy list? Posted by: D at May 26, 2007 6:42 PMhow can i add someone to my buddy list and not have yahoo ask if they want to be put on buddy list? Posted by: joe at June 12, 2007 8:34 PMWHEN I TALK TO MY FRIEND ON YAHOO IM SEE CAN SEE MY WORDS BUT I CANT SEE HERS. Posted by: RC at August 27, 2007 9:25 PMHi, hi.how can i add sb in yahoo messenger without that person's allow?i really need it.just send it 2 me Posted by: hamide at September 26, 2007 3:10 PMHow can I know if someone has erased from my messenger list and adress book? Posted by: irinaf_u at October 22, 2007 1:55 PMActually, even if you "Block" someone by your abovementioned method, and set them to "Appear Permanently Offline"... when you delete them from your list, you remain on THEIR list, but you become VISIBLE to them, even AFTER you set them to "Appear Permanently Offline"... so if you want to REMAIN invisible to someone, you must indeed "Block" them, but you can NOT delete them from your list. Otherwise they will see you when you are available online. This is current from personal experience as of 10/25/2007 Posted by: Jady at October 30, 2007 12:29 AMi have had yahoo for a while now but i cant find my yahoo buddy list i try signing in and the smiley face goes back to sleep how can i get my buddies back i am computer illerate please help Posted by: Lisa at December 14, 2007 5:26 PMi have a problum i had a old computer that crashed i added some 1 to it and thay refuzed my add so now i want to remove my name from his or her list how can i do that now this site also i do a serch on google and find my info scatterd all over the place difrent names ill give u 1 do a serch on catmando8820002000 and you will see what i mean i want all this info gone and yes im amazed i found this out so i dont aply to any servis on line no more so my name wont be on google can u pl ansure these 2 ? i have wrote to some of the contact us dilog and still nuthing happens can u help me figure this problems out and you will be the man ty Posted by: edward at January 30, 2008 10:12 AMIf I send a person an instant message on Yahoo Messenger and they instant message me back, does that mean that I am on their buddy list? Or can they instant message me back without me being on their list? Posted by: brooke at February 22, 2008 7:03 PMHow can I find out that i've been removed from someone else's buddy list without asking him? I was wondering if anyone knew of a program like AIM Minus that would add yourself to someone else's buddy list? Posted by: Ria at March 30, 2008 4:18 AMSome times our friends will be invisible. how can i know actually they are on line or not? Posted by: hilal ahamed at March 30, 2008 11:57 PMSome times our friends will be invisible. how can i know actually they are on line or not? Posted by: hilal ahamed at March 30, 2008 11:58 PMhow can i know if i am blocked and deleted on someone's yahoo messenger? please know that this is not about someone hiding from me or visible/invisible thing..if i am blocked my messages won't reach them even if i see them online. so how to know if i am blocked on someone's yahoo messenger list (without having to ask them of course)? Posted by: lopa at April 18, 2008 1:51 PMI have a buddy on my list who's tool menu does not light up. It will not let me see his profile, webcam, conference -- none of those icons are lit up -- what can he do to get thos to light up? Posted by: Sandy at April 28, 2008 10:38 AMPeople can leave your request pending if they like, on yahoo messenger versions 8 and up you are not forced to approve or disapprove ,as for removing yourself from somebody's list well that can be done with DAB (Deny a buddy). Posted by: hadeellibya at July 26, 2008 9:39 AMI downloaded Yahoo IM for my mac and it won't open. Deborah Posted by: Deborah Enright at August 1, 2008 6:55 AMIs there a way on yahooIM on my phone to see what time IM were recvd. I can never tell how long it has been since I recvd a IM on my phone. Is it a setting I need to change? If I have removed, ie. deleted someone from my friend list on yahoo messenger,would it still mean that he can see me if I am online on his? Posted by: abybabie at October 5, 2008 10:42 PMPlz tell me that how can i delete my all buddies in my buddy list. Thanks Posted by: Ashraf saleem at October 9, 2008 10:15 AMRe: yahoo archives: I deleted all my yahoo saved archives and they are gone under my messenger but when I search them the names and dates of times and id of person I conversed with is under my documents under old structure. Is it possible for me to open them again? Posted by: Meou at October 14, 2008 3:09 PMIf someone has deleted you off their list and block you from sending messages can you still see them online on the yahoo email contact list? You know when you go log in to your email there is a contact list... if the person has ignored your messages should they appear online in that list? Posted by: Curt at October 15, 2008 10:00 PMhow can i know if someone deleted me in their friendslist? Posted by: carla at November 4, 2008 9:00 AMmany days ago had chat with any one ,her ID sarda ....else i need help getting my yahoo buddylist to show up.i have one but it won't come up. thanks. Posted by: marshaarland at January 2, 2009 3:21 AMsame question Posted by: marsha garland at January 2, 2009 3:23 AMHi, Also how to search for a id if i remember only haf of it or only the screen name. Posted by: Nitish at January 25, 2009 10:06 AMhow do u get the buddy list Posted by: lauren at January 29, 2009 10:13 AMhi i have added my girl frnd's id last year feb bt unfortunately i dnt remember the date. so now i want to find the date whn i added her on my buddy list. can anyone help me out. Posted by: kumar at February 7, 2009 12:06 AMIf I don't see a friend on the main list,(that shows they are online or not), and then I go to IM another person from the Actions list,(under send an instant message) and the friend who wasn't there to begin with is now showing up as online "or available" (I'm guessing) on the Actions list, are they avoiding or stealth invisable(ing) themselves to me? What does this mean? Posted by: Lee at February 11, 2009 5:12 PMMy friend does not have the area with the emoticons, winks, vidio winks, display pictures, sound effects or specile content bar on her instant messenger!!!! she is missing all the fun stuff. How can she get this on her instant messenger box??? please help us... thank you Posted by: Melody at February 16, 2009 6:00 PMhi when i want to add detail to a buddy i get this error message. "The last address operation did not suceed to do server error code -40402. I have the latest version of yahoo messenger should i download again and if i do do i need to uninstall first? Also if i uninstall will i lose all my buddies info on my freinds list Thanks Posted by: Phil Martin at March 15, 2009 7:07 PMI have a question. How to i update my buddy list on yim mobile? There is one person who i know is online but it shows that they aren't because my list only show a few ppl. Does anyone know how to change that? Posted by: Tim at April 27, 2009 8:51 AMhow can i add a friend in yahoo messenger without he knows? Posted by: helena at May 22, 2009 11:55 AMOk here is the situation for me. Every time I try to message people on my buddy list, my yahoo does the whole 'not responding' and 'not working' thing and says that a problem has caused the program to stop working correctly. I want to know what is wrong and how do I fix this so I can message them without a problem and etc. Cause to be honest, its been going on for about two weeks nows and the only way I can message a buddy is by inviting them to a conference. If anyone has some advice, help tips, or a good solution, feel free to email me or send me a message over aim or windows live messenger. my aim screen name is dragonworship006 and my windows live messnger thing is dragonworship006@aim.com. Your help is much needed, please and thank you. =] Posted by: Melissa Albright at June 17, 2009 7:44 PMHi. I want to know how can i see my wife's buddy list in yahoo messenger? she dose not use yahoo at home, but she uses that in her office.I asked her she denied but her office mate told she dose.Is there any way? I have her IP . Posted by: Darius at July 1, 2009 1:54 AMhi, How do I find out if someone deleted me from their IM or just has it "permanently off line" or if they "Blocked me"? Can you hide a contact so if someone is looking at your IM they wont be able to see their name? Can you be on IM on your phone and your computer at the same time? Why is all my IM contacts from my computer not on my phone? Posted by: jolynn at September 2, 2009 11:03 AMRegards, Friend has webcam wants me to see them. I do not have webcam. They have invited me to webcam through messenger but my icon wont click on it. How do I see someone on their webcam when I dont have one Posted by: dcole35 at October 14, 2009 11:28 AM"Someone", I'm afraid that these services are a bit flakey, so as long as there aren't blocks against the IM service itself on your school/work firewall, etc., there's not much you can do. DCole35, I don't know how to circumvent the requirement that you have a webcam to be able to see someone else on their Webcam. Of course, the porn sites have figured that out, but that's another story. :-) Then again, check Amazon.com: you can buy a PC-compatible Webcam for less than $10, like the "Labtec Webcam Plus"... Posted by: Dave Taylor at October 14, 2009 12:27 PMHow can I find out that i've been removed from someone else's buddy list without asking him? . Posted by: jen at December 4, 2009 5:40 AMhow can i know if i am blocked and deleted on someone's yahoo messenger? please know that this is not about someone hiding from me or visible/invisible thing..if i am blocked my messages won't reach them even if i see them online. so how to know if i am blocked on someone's yahoo messenger list (without having to ask them of course)? i have some problem..i can't add my friend to my messenger list..it says YOUR REQUEST TO ADD A CONTACT HAS TAKEN LONGER THAN EXPECTED TO COMPLETE.THE OPERATION MAY HAVE SUCCEEDED.PLEASE CHECK YOUR MESSENGER LIST LATER..please help me!!!! hey i was wondering say if you wanted to delete a person from your list butttt after you delete them that person stil talks to you, do they kno that i deleted them and also how do you kno if they had also deleted you if they saw i deleted them first??? Posted by: random at December 29, 2009 11:11 AMrandom, if you don't *block* them, there's no way for them to know who is on your contacts (think "favorites") list or not. You're in the clear. Posted by: Dave Taylor at December 29, 2009 3:39 PMa friend of mine and i were at my house looking at my yahoo.com emails. it showed she was on-line but she was not. she was sitting right next to me. she knows for sure she closed down her computer correctly. why would it show she was on-line? thanks Posted by: dani green at February 14, 2010 1:23 PMI have something to say, now that you mention it, but ...
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