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Viewing offline contacts only

Viewing offline IM contacts only - To view a list of your IM contacts that are not currently signed on to the IM service, expand

the

Offline contacts

folder on the left side of the main view. Scroll through the list to see the availability status, offline or blocked,

for each contact.

Viewing all contacts

To view a list of your IM contacts whether they are online or offline, press Menu, and select

View

>

All contacts

.

Adding an IM contact

Adding a user to your IM contact list - To add a user to your IM contact list, select

Add contact

in the main view. Type a nickname

and user ID, and select

Add

. The contact is saved in device memory and in the master list on the server. The user ID is required,

but the nickname is optional. An IM service provider may require the user ID to be in the format [email protected]. The

user ID can be up to 50 characters.
Select from the following:
• Nickname — the short name that you assign to someone on your IM contact list. Nicknames exist only on your mobile device.

• User ID — the username used to log in. The person received the user ID from the service provider when they registered for

an IM service. The user ID may be in the format [email protected].

Defining IM sound settings

To set sounds, press Menu, and select

Tools

>

Preferences

>

Sound

page. By default, the IM application plays a tone for an alert

or a message received. You can select a tone or set a sound to silent.
Select from the following:
• IM sounds — to turn all IM sounds

On

or

Off

.

• New message tone — to select a MIDI tone from a list. The tone plays when a new message is received.

• Alert tone — to select a MIDI tone from a list. The tone plays when an alert that you set is triggered.

• New group message tone — to select a MIDI tone from a list. The tone plays when you receive a new message from a group

member during an active group chat.

Defining IM login settings

To log in to a server automatically, press Menu, select

Tools

>

Preferences

>

Login

page, and change

Login type

to

Automatic

. The next time IM is launched, you will log in automatically to the server that you specify, with the user name and

password that you defined for IM server settings.
Select from the following:
• Log in to — to select a server from a list. IM will use this server the next time you start IM.

• Log in type — to select a login method from a list. IM will use this login method the next time you start IM. The default login

type is

Manual

.

Defining IM contact settings

To refresh a contact list, press Menu, and select

Contacts

>

Refresh list

. Recent changes that you made to the list are displayed.

Tip: You can set contact lists to update automatically.

Refreshing a contact list automatically - To refresh a contact list automatically, press Menu, then

Tools

>

Preferences

>

Contacts

page, and change

Update contact status

to

Automatically

. The IM server sends an update at regular intervals. The default

setting is

Manually

.

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