A piece of advice to stop or limit spam iMessages

Open a free http://developer.apple.com/ account.

Submit a report on http://bugreporter.apple.com/

This is just a user to user forum, and while feedback is often looked for, you'll get much more response for specific bugs from the bugreporter website.

General feedback is also more listened to here:

http://www.apple.com/feedback/

I have never received spam messages via iMessages. And been using iMessages since it came out on iOS 4 or 5, then on the Mac OSX when it came out. Granted it's the same AppleID. Last year I recently added an iPhone5 to the mix. That is the only time that I receive a spam, but that's a text message to the phone number. Thus, I never see them on my Mac. Besides, I received them before on my basic phone.

So I must ask, are you signed into any other service? Such as Yahoo Messenger, MSN, AOL or the such?

KOT

Hi,

It seems it is common enough for there to be an Apple Document on the subject

http://support.apple.com/kb/ht5821

8:50 pm Wednesday; February 26, 2014

 iMac 2.5Ghz 5i 2011 (Mavericks 10.9)
 G4/1GhzDual MDD (Leopard 10.5.8)
 MacBookPro 2Gb (Snow Leopard 10.6.8)
 Mac OS X (10.6.8),
 Couple of iPhones and an iPad

Ralph:

I am trying to search this forum for some specific advice I remember about installing Snow Leopard on the 2011 iMac.

When I search this forum for "2011 iMac Snow Leopard" EVERY SINGLE ONE OF YOUR POSTS is listed in the results of this search (rendering it impossible for me to find this advice), because for some reason it seems you find it important to list your Mac inventory in the signature of your posts, instead of it just being part of your profile, where it would seem this information exclusively belongs.

Does this help, Michael.

Thanks for your efforts, but I found what I was looking for by limiting the search to the author's screenname, luckily I remembered! Actually, it is the late-2011 iMac that was in question, as that model shipped with Lion.

However this is really problematic for future searches and Ralph should end that practice...

Hi MichaelLAX,

I have been using this method for a number of years now (pre the iMac in question).

I find I cannot actually change the Profile info at the moment (I get the "We'll Be back" Post-it pic)

I have tried changing just one line and several lines but it seems not to stay changed.

Also the profile does not support the ability to list several Apple products.

Testing the use of the Advanced replay box and listing the "profile" which is out of date.

Message was edited by: Ralph Johns (UK)

Test post.

Can this be searched ?

8:32 pm Thursday; February 27, 2014

Message was edited by: Ralph Johns (UK)

In OSX 10.9.2, this feature of sorts has been implemented.

Best Wishes,

HI,

In The OS X 10.9.2 update of two days ago the Block feature for iMessages arrives.

I have linked to the Combo version as a standalone (non App Store) download as it includes the info Apple has about this Update.

8:42 pm Thursday; February 27, 2014