Block unknown users in Pidgin

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Published on 2010-06-16T19:32:57Z Indexed on 2010/06/16 19:43 UTC
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opensuse-11.2

How can I block messages from people who isn't in my buddy list in Pidgin? I always receive a lot of bothering messages from people who is not in my list, I have look at all the options in Pidgin but I didn't find where to set this condition.

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