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 and presence connection

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, highlight it, and select Expand (or press scroll right); to collapse the folder, select Collapse (or press scroll left).

M e s s a g i n g

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, 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. 36.

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

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