Too far now: Messenger blocks links to ebuddy.com


Posted by absorbation on Sat 12 Apr 2008 (12:13 GMT) (5227 views)
Microsoft have been known for blocking links stupidly in the past. But I think this one takes the bullet ... you can now longer receive links to to the hit web messenger eBuddy within Messenger! mess.be had this to say on the issue:

A considerable number of people may have, for whatever reason, reported the popular web-based IM client through the Report abuse option that's sitting in every "Help" menu since version 8.1. But I'm not even seeing those hardly annoying, automated "I'm using eBuddy.com!" messages anymore.

Or perhaps Microsoft just accidentally blocked the site of a competitor... again. But while last week's mistake was corrected in less than a day, the ban on eBuddy.com has first been noticed by Messer Bram already last Wednesday.

Either way, it's probably yet another example of a safe URL being blocked as part of Messenger's inefficient worms and SPIM filter. Both parties were contacted and I'm awaiting their reaction.



Microsoft have made a mistake from blocking things from day one, it is an inefficient system that was poorly coded and even made Messenger slower. Blocking one of the most successful services to take advantage of their product was an error of judgement and like I said last week Microsoft don't seem to be pleasing those who work closely with their products.

Source: mess.be

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Comment by eBuddy
Posted on Thu 22 May 2008 (08:35 GMT)
we can use msn too


Comment by Matti
Posted on Sun 13 Apr 2008 (08:14 GMT)
Where is this going to end? If this continues, we'll have to TinyURL every link we send via Messenger, if they're not going to block that site too!

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