Blocking users seems to still allow messages?

I got one of those fediverse chicks messages today and I noticed I had already blocked the user. Does blocking not stop accounts messaging you? If so its going to be a problem given what we see wit that fediverse chick spam.

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BentiGorlich@thebrainbin.org · 2 pts · 1y (6 replies)

Oh that should definitely not be possible... So we'll fix that as soon as possible. Reporting those messages is also on our radar

@melroy@kbin.melroy.org FYI

HubertManne@moist.catsweat.com · 2 pts · 1y

thanks yeah. I mean alls I know is I got a new one and when I went to it it already showed blocked. I went back and muted all the ones I blocked to see if it makes a difference.

HubertManne@moist.catsweat.com · 2 pts · 1y (4 replies)

@BentiGorlich@thebrainbin.org

@melroy@kbin.melroy.org

Just wanted to update that I got three more today and two of them I had blocked and silenced. So im now feeling pretty confident that blocking a usage does not keep them from messaging you.

melroy@kbin.melroy.org · 1 pts · 1y (3 replies)

Yes we know. We just merged a PR that should hopefully solve this issue: https://github.com/MbinOrg/mbin/pull/1489

HubertManne@moist.catsweat.com · 2 pts · 1y (2 replies)

thank you so much. Does this mean an instance will need to be running 1.8.1 for it to take effect?

melroy@kbin.melroy.org · 2 pts · 1y (1 reply)

Yes, but since v1.8.1 is not out yet, nobody can run it yet. Unless you are using a server that is running on main branch. Like my server (kbin.melroy.org) is basically always running latest of the latest bleeding edge (since I'm the developer, I rather want to know when thinks fail fast)

HubertManne@moist.catsweat.com · 3 pts · 1y

cool. ok. thanks for helping me understand a bit better.

Fermiverse@gehirneimer.de · 1 pts · 1y (1 reply)

Same here, also I can't delete the spam in Interstellar.

I would also like to block the instance for me.

HubertManne@moist.catsweat.com · 1 pts · 1y

I have gotten several from severl instances so blocking the domains would not help for me and kill to much of the fedivers.