How do I add people to my safe list?

How do I get people to stop people I don't know to stop trying to add me to their chat list?

• every time I open my email account, I find suddenly strange users trying to add me to their chat/online list... I deny them because I don't know them, but find it annoying to decline and block them. Is there any program I can use to do this? I don't want to delete my whole email account because I have had it for years, it wasn't even til recently that this started happening to me, and I have done nothing new to instigate this. Any suggestions on what I can do to make this stop reoccurring? Thanks

• Answer:

  This is a new form of spam, and if you had accepted them, you would be directed to another site (usually porn) These methods might work for you (not sure, since I do not use the mail version of Messenger) To block senders in e-mail, go to Options > Mail Options/More Options > Accounts > Spam or Help > Mail >Spam in beta mail. Then in 'Blocked Email Addresses,' enter the E-mail address you wish blocked, in the box after 'Add a blocked address'. Click on the 'add' button, then click 'Save changes" at the top of the page. The limit of blocked addresses is 500, but most people never get close to this, even when they add spam addresses. (These can be deleted after a short while, when spammers change to newer addresses.) To block senders in the full Messenger, go to Messenger > Preferences > Ignore List, and add the IM name or e-mail of the person you wish to block. Click Add, then OK or Apply. If you receive contact requests from unknown persons, go to the Ignore List and check 'Ignore anyone who is not on my contact list.' If you are using the Mail Messenger, there may be a setting similar to this one as well.