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To connect to the service, access the instant messages
menu, select the IM service, if needed, and Login.
To disconnect from the IM service, select Options >
Logout.
Sessions
When connected to the service, your status, as seen by
others, is shown in a status line: My status: Online, My
status: Busy, or Status: Appear off. To change your own
status, select Change.
Below the status line there are three folders containing
your contacts that show their status: Conversations,
Online (), and Offline (). To expand the folder, scroll to it,
and select Expand (or scroll right).
To collapse the folder, select Collapse (or scroll left).
● Conversations — shows the list of new and read
instant messages or invitations to IM during the active
IM session:
indicates a new group message
indicates a read group message
indicates a new instant message
indicates a read instant message
indicates an invitation
The icons and texts on the display depends on the IM
service.
● Online () — shows the number of contacts that are
online
● Offline () — shows the number of contacts that are
offline
To start a conversation, expand the online or the offline
folder, scroll to the contact with whom you want to
chat, and select Chat. To answer an invitation or reply
to a message, expand the Conversations folder, scroll
to the contact to whom you want to chat, and select
Open.
● Groups > Public groups — List of bookmarks to public
groups provided by the service provider (not visible if
groups are not supported by the network). To start an
IM session with a group, scroll to a group, and select
Join. Enter the screen name that you want to use as
your nickname in the conversation. When you have
successfully joined the group conversation, you can
start a group conversation. You can create a private
group.
See "Groups," p. 35.
● Search > Users or Groups — to search for other IM
users or public groups on the network by phone
number, screen name, e-mail address, or name. If you
select Groups, you can search for a group by a member
in the group, group name, topic, or ID.
● Options > Chat or Join group — to start the
conversation when you have found the user or the
group that you want
Accept or reject an invitation
If you receive a new invitation, to read it, select Read. If
more than one invitation is received, select an invitation
and Open. To join the private group conversation, select
Accept, and enter the screen name you want to use as
your nickname. To reject or delete the invitation, select
Options > Reject or Delete.
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