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For some reason the Pidgin messaging program that comes with Ubuntu seems to think users want to receive messages from the entire world. That’s not necessarily a bad thing but there are too many spam bots out there to make this particular feature quite annoying.

Luckily it’s a simple fix to turn off said spam (thanks to Techtites article)

1. Run pidgin and open the buddy list window.
2. Go to Tools > Privacy.
3. Choose the account that’s bothering you with spam (in my case MSN) and select the desired contact options (again, in my case it was Allow only the users on my contact list)
4. Enjoy spam free living.