I n s t a n t   m e s s a g i n g

Inviting non contacts to a group chat

You may want to invite IM users who are not on your contact list to participate in a group chat.

To select an IM user to invite to a group chat, if the IM user is not on your contact list, select 

Invite friend

 from an active group

chat, view the 

Invitations

 list, select 

Invite other

, type a user ID, and select 

Add

. When the list of IM users is complete, select

Done

 to return to the master 

Invitations

 list.

Managing a group membership list

To select an IM user to invite to a group chat, if the IM user is not on your contact list, select 

Invite friend

 from an active group

chat, view the 

Invitations

 list, select 

Invite other

, type a user ID, and select 

Add

. When the list of IM users is complete, select

Done

 to return to the master 

Invitations

 list.

Banning IM group members

To ban a group member in IM, press Menu in the group chat view, select 

View

 > 

Banned users

 > 

Ban member

. Type the IM user

ID of the group member to ban, and select 

OK

. A banned user cannot join the group.

Removing a user from the banned list   To remove an IM user from the banned list, press Menu in the group chat view, select

View

 > 

Banned users

, scroll to a banned user, and select 

Remove

 > 

OK

. The user may now join the group.

Viewing a list of banned users   To view a list of users banned from an IM group, press Menu in the group chat view, and select

View

 > 

Banned users

.

Banning non group members

To ban a non group member in IM, press Menu in the group chat view, select 

View

 > 

Banned users

 > 

Ban other

. Type the IM

user ID of the non group member to ban, and select 

OK

.

Defining sound preferences for a group chat

To set your sounds for group chats, press Menu, and select 

View

 > 

Groups

, press Menu, and select 

Tools

 > 

Preferences

 >

Sound

. By default, the IM application plays a tone for an alert or a message received. You can select a tone or set a sound to silent.

Select from the following:

  IM sounds   to turn all sounds 

On

 or 

Off

.

  New message tone   to select a MIDI tone from a list. The tone plays when a new message is received.

  Alert tone   to select a MIDI tone from a list. The tone plays when an alert that you set is triggered.

  New group message tone   to select a MIDI tone from a list. The tone plays when you receive a new message from a group

member during an active group chat.

Defining your screen name for a group chat

To identify yourself for an IM group chat, press Menu, and select 

View

 > 

Groups

, press Menu, and select 

Tools

 > 

Preferences

 >

Screen name

. By default, your user name appears to others in an IM group chat.

Select from the following:

  In a group   to select a type of name to identify you to a group. Your user name, a unique name that identifies you to the

IM service, cannot be changed.

  Screen name   to type a screen name up to 10 characters.

Defining basic properties for an IM group

To set the basic properties for an IM group chat, press Menu, and select 

View

 > 

Groups

 > 

Group properties

 > 

Basics

 page.

Select from the following:

  Group name   to type the name for this group. The name can be up to 50 characters.

  Discussion topic   to type the subject that you would like to discuss in group chats. The topic can be up to 50 characters.

  Welcome note   to type a note that displays to users when they join the group. The note can be up to 100 characters.

Defining access properties for an IM group

To set the access properties for an IM group chat, press Menu, and select 

View

 > 

Groups

 > 

Group properties

 > 

Group access

page.

Select from the following:

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