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How to I block a Yahoo messenger contact that is spamming me in Messages application?

I tried Buddied > Remove buddy but it has not effect.

Do I really have to install the 💩 Yahoo! client in order to do that or there are alternatives to this?

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There is no blocking mechanism built into iMessage at present on iOS or OS X. You will have to convince that person to stop sending messages or stop using that account. It's far from ideal, but that's what we have at the moment.

Hopefully that person is using a messaging service like AIM/Jabber/Google Talk/Yahoo and you can block them using the account settings from those older iChat legacy messaging protocols.

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I installed the ***** Yahoo messenger just for blocking the account. – Sorin Sbarnea Sep 4 '12 at 14:29
Oh nice - I missed that it could be an old school iChat type message - perhaps I best edit the answer. – bmike♦ Sep 4 '12 at 14:31
I just hope people will not start sending spam using iMessage as it may become a real nightmare as I do not know any way of blocking them... and I will get the spam on 3 devices at a time: MBP, iPad and iPhone!!! – Sorin Sbarnea Sep 4 '12 at 14:48

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