View and start conversations
Under the Conversations heading you can see a list of
the contacts with whom you have an ongoing
conversation. Ongoing conversations are
automatically closed when you exit IM.
To view a conversation, scroll to a participant, and
press the scroll key.
To continue the conversation when you are viewing it,
write your message, and press the scroll key.
To return to the conversations list without closing the
conversation, select Back.
To close the conversation, select
conversation.
To start a new conversation, select
conversation.
Change your own status
To change your own IM status that is seen by other IM
users, in the application main view, scroll to the first
item.
To select a new status, press the scroll key. Scroll to the
new status, and press the scroll key.
Modify your personal IM
preferences
Select
Options
>
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the following:
Options
>
Options
Settings
Preferences
>
Use screen name
•
supported by the server) — To enter a nickname,
select Yes.
Show my availability
•
you are online, select
Allow messages from
•
all, select All.
Allow messages from
•
from your contacts, select
invitations are sent by contacts who want you to
join their groups.
Sort IM contacts
•
sorted:
Alphabetically
Availability reloading
•
End
information about whether your contacts are online
or offline, select
New
Offline contacts
•
>
an offline status are shown in the contacts list.
Own message colour
•
instant messages you send.
Received message colour
•
the instant messages you receive.
Show date/ time info
•
of the instant messages in conversations, select
Yes.
IM alert tone
•
you receive a new instant message.
Retrieve IM contact lists
You can retrieve contact lists from the server, or add a
new contact to a contact list. When you log in to the
and from
server, the previously used contact lists are retrieved
from the server automatically.
(shown only if IM groups are
— To allow others to see if
To
everyone.
— To allow messages from
— To allow messages only
IM contacts
— Select how your contacts are
or
By online
status.
— To select how to update
Automatic
or Manual.
— Select whether contacts with
— Select the colour of the
— Select the colour of
— To view the date and time
— Change the tone that sounds when
only. IM