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With 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, scroll to My data and select Availability.
To modify your online status that is shown to other IM users, scroll to My data and 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 contacts, scroll to a contacts folder and select Expand.
To view your IM contacts, scroll to a contacts folder and select Options > Expand.
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 and select Options and from the following:
- Change own availability — Change your online status, which 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 — Retrieve the contact lists in case of problems in the original retrieval when you logged into IM.
- New IM contact — Add a new contact to a contact list or to search for a contact from the server.
- New contact list — Create a new contact list folder.
- Reload users' availability — Update the online status info of your IM contacts.
- Add to IM contacts — Add the selected IM user to a contact lists.
- End conversation — End the selected conversation and remove it from the Conversations.
- Join group — Join an IM group.
- Group — Edit the settings of the selected IM group, save the group in your device, remove it, or view the group members or other info 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 the Conversations .
- New conversation — Start a new conversation or open an existing one with the selected IM group.
- Contact options — View the contact info 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 the selected 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 and their order vary depending on the focused item.