This property page specifies the default settings on the Privacy option tab in the Messenger client for all users (if this is the default policy) or for the users you select on the Used By property page of this policy.
After you change information on the Privacy page of the Default Policy object, you must restart the Messenger agents in order to put the new default policy into effect throughout your Messenger system.
After you change information on the Privacy page of any other Policy object, users must log out and back in to the Messenger client to see the results.
You can also specify privacy information at the User object level. Information on the User object overrides information on the Policy object.
Lock Button
If you click the lock button, this setting cannot be changed for the User object
and users cannot modify these settings in the Messenger client.
Allowed
If <Everyone Else> displays in the Allowed list, all users except the
ones in the Blocked list can have conversations with the users governed by this
policy. The users in the Allowed list can also see the status of the users governed
by this policy. You can add individual users to this list by clicking the +
button. To move a user to the Blocked list, select the user, then click the
right-arrow button. To remove a user from the list, select the user, then click
the remove button.
Blocked
Users in the Blocked list cannot have conversations with the users governed
by this policy. The users in the Blocked list also cannot see the status of
the users governed by this policy. You can add individual users to this list
by clicking the + button. To move a user to the Allowed list, select the user,
then click the left-arrow button. To remove a user from the list, select the
user, then click the remove button.
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