Messages and invisibility

[BillHiggin]

I have found that an invisible player may send private messages to me, but that I may not respond to them (well, not in real time - the response is mailed to him). Unfortunately, there does seem to be an individual who does both. This comes up in connection with a pairs ladder of the IAC. When we have a challenge pending, he will logon as invisible and then send me private messages about the match. My responses get sent to his mailbox (and I am informed of that). Then after several such exchanges, he seems to assume that I am ignoring him and starts suggesting that my manners need some work (they do, but not in this context). It does make sense to me that I should not be able to send direct messages to an invisible party (else I could always endeavor to detect someone who chooses not to be detected). However, this should work both ways - If I cannot reply to him, then his messages to me should be restricted.

 

Please note that I do not object to his messages (i.e. making him an enemy is entirely inappropriate). I just believe that the software should not be making me appear to be the inconsiderate party here.

[inquiry]

have you tried clicking on the invisible persons name and typing a direct response? I am frequenty invisible and carry on converstations with several people with no problem.

[Antrax]

I've had a similar issue, but not with invisible players: http://www.bridgebase.com/forums/topic/51506-symmetric-chat-permissions/

[BillHiggin]

have you tried clicking on the invisible persons name and typing a direct response? I am frequenty invisible and carry on converstations with several people with no problem.

That is exactly what I do! I then get a message that mail has been sent to the recipient.

 

I have communicated with this individual via e-mail about this and he claims that he is able to chat with others in this manner. I do not know why it is different for me.

 

(I am using the web client with IE - which is working fine except for this)

[mink]

When I receive chat from an invisible player, I am able to respond, and the response reaches the other player immediately. This has worked many times. Maybe BillHiggin's problem occurs when the other player is playing in a tourney, or if one of the chat partners has marked the other as enemy.

 

Karl

[BillHiggin]

When I receive chat from an invisible player, I am able to respond, and the response reaches the other player immediately. This has worked many times. Maybe BillHiggin's problem occurs when the other player is playing in a tourney, or if one of the chat partners has marked the other as enemy.

 

Karl

It has happened multiple times, mostly when we are about to play a match (so he is not in a tourney). I certainly have not marked him as an enemy (and I do receive private messages from him). I do not believe that he has marked me as an enemy, and I think that in that situation a message from me to him would simply vanish (without the notification about being sent to mail).

 

If there were some action I could take to clear this matter, I would certainly do so. Of course, he might elect to forgo the invisible thing when we have match scheduled. I fail to see why that would be such a problem, but it is his choice and I can do little about it other than to point out the problem.