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Stealth Settings and Privacy

Stealth settings provide you more control over your time, by allowing you to choose the people who see you as online and offline.

If you are IMing with a few people and don't want to be interrupted, you can use Stealth Settings to appear invisible to everyone except the people you want to talk to. If you want to go completely Stealth and hide from all your friends, you can use the "Invisible to Everyone" status message.

Aaron Kilborne
Becky Chapman
Gus Armstrong
Jessica Green
Kurt Hamilton
Wayne Graff
Aaron Kilborne
Becky Chapman
Gus Armstrong
Jessica Green
Kurt Hamilton
Wayne Graff
In example (1), you appear offline only to Becky and Jessica, and online to everyone else - so, only Becky and Jessica get italicized. In example (2), you selected "Invisible to Everyone" - now, every friend appears italicized.

Reporting spam in Yahoo! Messenger

Instant Messaging is a fun and timely way to connect with the people you know and trust. But sometimes, those outside your circle try to contact you and start a conversation. When you receive an IM from someone you don't know, you will have the option to report the message as spam. Reporting a message as spam automatically adds that person to your Ignore List - so you won't be bothered by them again.

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Report as Spam
You can also click the Ignore button in the IM window. If you suspect this user is a spammer, you have the option of reporting them to Spamguard.

Enabling Stealth Settings

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Appear Online
Appear Offline
Appear Permanently Offline
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  1. To appear invisible to a specific friend, move your mouse cursor over their name to reveal their contact card.
  2. Click You appear online to this contact
  3. Select Appear Offline or Appear Permanently Offline