With all the @live addresses adding me the past week, I simply do not know who is adding me. I can usually tell by the email address and display name merged together, however sometimes I just do not know who is adding me.

So what do I do? I add the person, they turn out to be annoying, and I just can't find myself to block them. I only have one person blocked on Messenger, and I think he knows who he is, hi George *waves*.

That's where the new 8.1 beta comes in. It is now possible to send a small message to a contact when adding them. Something along the lines of: 'Hey, it's me, you gave me your address in Physics'. You know who it is and you add them.

Can I hear an amen? No. Why, because I, being that picky Messenger freak I am, just can't be satisfied. It's a great idea, so simple, but it's so great. What is the idea? Customisation. Messenger has all the features you could ever want, but most of them are only the raw features. Adding features to features is the way forward, and simple steps like this will make all the difference.

I certainly will be using this feature every time I now add a contact.

Source: MessengerSays blog