Modify your personal IM
preferences
Select
Options
>
Settings
>
Preferences
and from
the following:
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Messaging
•
Use screen name
(shown only if IM groups are
supported by the server) — To enter a nickname,
select
Yes
.
•
Show my availability
— To allow others to see if
you are online, select
To everyone
.
•
Allow messages from
— To allow messages from
all, select
All
.
•
Allow messages from
— To allow messages only
from your contacts, select
IM contacts only
. IM
invitations are sent by contacts who want you to
join their groups.
•
Sort IM contacts
— Select how your contacts are
sorted:
Alphabetically
or
By online status
.
•
Availability reloading
— To select how to update
information about whether your contacts are online
or offline, select
Automatic
or
Manual
.
•
Offline contacts
— Select whether contacts with
an offline status are shown in the contacts list.
•
Own message colour
— Select the colour of the
instant messages you send.
•
Received message colour
— Select the colour of
the instant messages you receive.
•
Show date/ time info
— To view the date and time
of the instant messages in conversations, select
Yes
.
•
IM alert tone
— Change the tone that sounds when
you receive a new instant message.