• Connect. 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 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: Status: Online, My status: Busy, or Status: App. off. To change
your own status, select Change.
Below the status line there are three folders containing your contacts that show
their status: Conversations, Online (), and Offline (). To expand the folder,
scroll to it, and select Expand (or scroll right).
To collapse the folder, select Collapse (or 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, scroll to the
contact with whom you want to chat, and select Chat. To answer an
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