Blackberry Messenger; Contacts - Blackberry 8700 User Manual

BlackBerry Messenger

Contacts

Add a contact
You must invite contacts to use BlackBerry® Messenger before they are added to your contact list.
1. In BlackBerry Messenger, on the contact list screen, click the trackwheel.
2. Click Add a Contact.
3. Perform one of the following actions:
• If the contact is not in your address book, highlight Use Once. Click the trackwheel. Click Request by Email or Request by
PIN. Type an email address or PIN. Press the Enter key.
• If the contact is in your address book, highlight a contact. Click the trackwheel. Click Request (Email) or Request (PIN).
4. Perform one of the following actions:
• If you want to set a password, and have turned on invitation passwords, type a question and answer. Click OK.
• If you do not want to set a password, and have turned on invitation passwords, click Cancel to proceed to the next step.
5. Perform one of the following actions:
• To add a custom message to your invitation, type a message. Click OK.
• To use the default invitation message, click OK.
Turn on invitation passwords
If you turn on invitation passwords, a question and password screen appears each time you invite a contact.
1. In BlackBerry® Messenger, on the contact list screen, click the trackwheel.
2. Click Options.
3. Change the Ask Password Question When Adding Contacts field to Yes.
4. Click the trackwheel.
5. Click Save.
Note: To turn off invitation passwords again, change the Ask Password Question When Adding Contacts field to No.
Respond to an invitation
1. In BlackBerry® Messenger, in the Requests group, highlight an invitation.
2. Click the trackwheel.
3. Click one of the following menu items:
• Accept
• Decline
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