Nokia 5300 EN - Manual (Page 36)

M e s s a g i n g
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On , or select Menu > Messaging >
IMs , connect to the IM service, and
select Options > Settings >
Automatic login > On .
Saved conversations — to view,
erase, or rename the conversations
that you saved during an IM session.
Connection settings — to edit the
settings needed for messaging.
Connect
To connect to the service, access the
instant messages menu, select the
IM service, if needed, and select
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 own status, select
Change .
Below the status line there are three
folders containing your contacts and
showing their status:
Conversations ,
Online and Offline . To expand the
folder, scroll to it, and select Expand
(or press scroll right); to collapse the
folder, select
Collapse (or press 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, and
scroll to the contact with whom you
would like to chat, and select
Chat .
To answer an invitation or to reply to
a message, expand the
Conversations folder, scroll to the
contact to whom you would like to
chat, and select
Open . To add
contacts, see ”Add IM contacts”
p. 22 .
Groups > Public groups (not visible if
groups are not supported by the
network) — The list of bookmarks to
public groups provided by the service
provider is displayed. To start a IM
session with a group, scroll to a
group, and select
Join . Enter the
screen name that you want to use as