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With the Instant messaging (IM) network service, you can converse with other people using instant messages and join discussion forums (IM groups) with specific topics. Service providers may differ in their support of IM features.
Upon registration to the IM service, your service provider gives you your user name, password, and the appropriate settings to log on to the service.
To converse with IM users or view and edit your IM contacts, you must first log on to the IM service. Select Options > Log in
 | Tip: To automatically connect to the IM server when you open the application, select Options > Settings > IM login type > On app. start-up. |
To modify your online status that is shown to other IM users, select Availability.
To modify your online status that is shown to other IM users, select Options > Availability .
To view your open conversations, IM groups, and invitations to join groups, scroll to Conversations, and select Expand. IM groups and invitations are only available if supported by the IM server.
To view your open conversations, IM groups, and invitations to join groups, scroll to Conversations, and select Options > Expand. IM groups and invitations are only available if supported by the IM server.
To view your IM contact lists, scroll to a contact list folder, and select Expand.
To view your IM contact lists, scroll to a contact list folder, and select Options > Expand.
Scroll to a folder or another item, select Options and from the following:
- Change own availability Change your online status that is shown to other IM users.
- Own options Change your status message, or view and edit your IM user data.
- New conversation Start a new conversation with an IM user or your IM contact, create a new IM group, or search for IM users or groups.
- Retrieve all contact lists Manually retrieve the contact lists if there were problems retrieving when you logged into IM.
- New IM contact Add a new contact to a contact list, or search for a contact from the server.
- New contact list Create a new contact list folder.
- Reload users' availability Update the online status of your IM contacts.
- Add to IM contacts Add an IM user to a contact list.
- End conversation End a conversation, and remove it from Conversations.
- Join group Join an IM group.
- Group Edit the settings of an IM group, save the group in your device, remove it, or view the group members or other information about the group.
- Leave IM group Leave a group you have joined. Unless you have saved the group on your device, the group is removed from Conversations .
- New conversation Start a new conversation, or open an existing one with the selected IM group.
- Contact options View the contact details of an IM contact, edit the contact's nickname, delete the contact, or move the contact to another contact list. If you have enabled automatic updating of your IM contacts' statuses, you can select to be notified when the contact's online status changes.
- Belongs to groups View which IM groups a contact has joined.
- Blocking options Prevent messages from an IM user, cancel blocking, or view your blocked IM users list.
- Saved conversations View previous IM conversations you have saved.
- Log in Log on to the IM service.
- Log out Disconnect from the IM server.
- Add bookmark Edit the IM application or server settings.
The available options may vary.