CounterPath Bria 3.5.1 for Mac User Guide - Enterprise Deployments - Manual (Page 48)

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Allowing Other Parties to See your Status (Publishing your Status)
Continuing from above, when the other person allows the notification request, your name is added to their
contact list. As soon as you are added to their list, a request is sent back to you requesting that they be able to
see you. Bria accepts this request automatically, and the other person can now see your status.
Receiving an Online Status Request
Someone who is not one of your contacts may add you as a contact on their end, and may include your SIP
address or XMPP address. In this case, Bria receives an online status request. The request is handled in one of
two ways:
• If you set up a privacy rule before this person has a chance to contact you, then you will never see this
request. Bria will automatically reply to the request according to the rule. See page 59.
• If you do not yet have a privacy rule set up for this person or for their domain, this request appears to you as
an Online Status Request. You must respond to the request:
Option Button Comment Result
Create a new
contact Allow This option is selected for you if
you do not currently have a
contact with this SIP or XMPP
address. Allow the request and create a new contact using this address.
Because you allow the request, you will no longer be bothered by
requests from this person. In addition, this same request will
automatically be sent from your Bria to the other person, so that
you can see their online status.
Update an
existing contact Allow This option is selected for you if
you already have a contact with
this SIP or XMPP address but
you were not previously sharing
your online status with this
person. Allow the request and add this address to an existing contact (if
Bria has found an appropriate match).
Because you allow the request, you will no longer be bothered by
requests from this person. In addition, this same request will
automatically be sent from your Bria to the other person, so that
you can see their online status.
Either option Block Block the request.
This person will not be able to contact you from this address.
Either option Ignore Ignore the request.
The other person will not be able to see your online status. The
other person will not be added to your privacy settings.
The Online Status Request may appear again in this session or a
future session.