to block someone from sending you a message you place them on your ignore list. they may still send you a message but you will not receive/ see it.

on the other side of the coin though if you put someone on your ignore list that means you do not get to see any of that persons posts on the boards while you are logged in. they can still see your posts, they can still post in threads that others have made, they just cant post in any threads that .....you... start.

the way I use the ignore list is going to that persons profile, clicking on user lists then clicking on add this member to your ignore list. (saves me the hassle of typing in the members name correctly the other way which is going into my own profile settings, edit ignore list and then typing in the name of the person exactly how their name appears that I want to put on ignore.)