Blackberry 8100 manual BlackBerry Messenger, Contacts, Turn on invitation passwords

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, press the Menu key.

2.Click Add a Contact.

3.Perform one of the following actions:

•If the contact is not in your address book, highlight [Use Once]. Press the Menu key. 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. Press the Menu key. Click Request (Email) or Request (PIN).

4.Perform one of the following actions:

•To add a custom message to your invitation, type a message. Click OK. Click OK.

•To use the default invitation message, click OK. Click OK.

Note: If you invite a contact using a PIN and the contact is in your address book, the contact's display name appears instead of the PIN.

Turn on invitation passwords

If you turn on invitation passwords, a question and password screen appear each time you invite a contact.

1.In BlackBerry® Messenger, on the contact list screen, press the Menu key.

2.Click Options.

3.Set the Ask Password Question When Adding Contacts field to Yes.

4.Press the Menu key.

5.Click Save.

To turn off invitation passwords again, set 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 trackball.

3.Click one of the following menu items:

•Accept.

•Decline.

•Remove.

Note: If you select Remove, the sender of the invitation does not receive confirmation that your address is a correct address.

Turn off invitation forwarding options

If you turn off invitation forwarding, contacts you invite can only accept invitations from the original email address or PIN that you sent the invitation to. If those contacts try to accept the invitation from a different email address or PIN, their acceptance is rejected.

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