Using Netscape Instant Messenger

Getting Started with Instant Messenger

 

In this section:

What Is Instant Messenger?

Setting Up

Registering New Screen Names

Signing On to Netscape Instant Messenger

Changing Your Password

Using a Different Screen Name

 

What Is Instant Messenger?

Netscape Instant Messenger is an easy way to communicate instantly with your friends who are online. You can:

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Setting Up

To get started quickly, use the Instant Messenger Setup screens. You can choose a screen name during setup, which is the name by which you are known to everyone that uses Netscape Instant Messenger and the AOL Instant Messenger service.

  1. Open the Tasks menu and choose Instant Messenger.
  2. Click Setup.
  3. Follow the steps in the Instant Messenger Setup screens. Before you can use Instant Messenger, you must register your screen name. The Setup screens lead you through the process. You can sign on to Instant Messenger immediately after registering, using the screen name and password that you registered.

Note: You already have a screen name if you completed the Netscape Activation process. However, you must still register the name to take full advantage of the Netscape Instant Messenger service.


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Registering New Screen Names

Before using Instant Messenger, you must use the Instant Messenger Setup screens to register and select a screen name and password. Once you register your screen name, you cannot change it to a new one. If you want, you can register multiple screen names to use with the Netscape Instant Messenger service.

To register and select a new screen name and password:

  1. Go to the Netscape Instant Messenger registration page, http://aim.aol.com/aimnew/Aim/register.adp. The Instant Messenger web page appears on your screen, allowing you to register. (The same page is used for AOL Instant Messenger registration.)
  2. Type your screen name, password (twice for confirmation), and email address in the appropriate fields.
  3. After you have completed the registration process, use your new screen name and password in the Sign On screen.


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Signing On to Netscape Instant Messenger

Before you can use Instant Messenger to send a message or to chat, you need to start the program and sign on.

To start and sign on to Netscape Instant Messenger:

  1. Open the Tasks menu and choose Instant Messenger.
  2. Type your screen name in the Screen Name field.
  3. Type your password in the Password field. If you want to save your password for your next session, select "Save password."
  4. Click the Sign On icon or button, or press Enter.

Tip: If you want Netscape Instant Messenger to start when you start Netscape 6, select "Sign on at launch" on the sign-on screen.

Note: If you have previously used AOL Instant Messenger, and you have installed Netscape 6 on your machine, you may have to select your preferences again. Some preferences, unlike Buddy Lists, do not transfer automatically from AOL Instant Messenger to Netscape 6. See Setting Instant Messenger Preferences for details about resetting your preferences.

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Changing Your Password

You can change your password whenever you are signed on to the Netscape Instant Messenger service. Your password must contain between 4 and 16 characters.

To change your password, begin from your Instant Messenger Buddy List Window:

  1. Open the Edit menu, choose Edit Options, and then choose Change Password.
  2. Type your current password in the appropriate field and then type and re-type a new password in the appropriate fields.
  3. Click OK.

Note: Anyone who knows your password has access to your account. Therefore, you should never reveal your password to anyone online.

 

Using a Different Screen Name

If you have registered multiple screen names, you can sign on with the name of your choice. To sign on with a new screen name that you have registered:

  1. Choose Instant Messenger from the Tasks menu to display the Sign On screen. (You must be signed off from Instant Messenger to view the Sign On screen.)
  2. Select the current screen name that is displayed in the Screen Name field, and type your new screen name over that.
  3. Type the password for your new screen name in the Password field.
  4. Click the Sign On icon or button, or press Enter.

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Using the Buddy List

 

In this section:

About the Buddy List

Adding and Finding Buddies

Creating Buddy Groups

Deleting Buddies and Buddy Groups

Using the My Sidebar Buddy List

Checking the Status of Buddies

Importing and Exporting Buddy Lists

 

About the Buddy List

When you sign on to Instant Messenger, your Buddy List appears. Three groups are automatically created for you in your Buddy List Window: Buddies, Family, and Co-Workers. Add your buddies to any of these groups or create additional groups.

Note: The Buddy List appears in both the Instant Messenger standalone window and in My Sidebar. You can access and use most of the features of Instant Messenger by clicking the Buddy List tab in My Sidebar.

There are two tabs in your Buddy List Window: Online and List Setup.

Tip: Buddy lists are stored on a server rather than on your computer. That means you can access your buddy lists from anywhere, whenever you sign on to the Netscape Instant Messenger service.

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Adding and Finding Buddies

If you know a friend's screen name, you can add him or her to your Buddy List immediately.

Begin from your Buddy List Window.

  1. Click the List Setup tab.
  2. Click the add buddy icon addbuddygif (the icon you see may differ if you are using a theme other than Modern). You see the Add Buddy dialog box.
  3. Type the screen name of the buddy you want to add. Remember to enter just the buddy's screen name, not the full email address. For example, johndoe, rather than johndoe@aol.com.
  4. Select the group to which you want to add the screen name.
  5. Click OK.

If you don't know a friend's screen name, Instant Messenger can help you locate your friend using his or her email address.

Begin from your Buddy List Window in the standalone Instant Messenger version (not the version in My Sidebar).

  1. Open the People menu, and select Find A Buddy.
  2. Type your buddy's email address in the "Friend's email address" field and click Next. Netscape Instant Messenger displays all screen names for the email address you specified.
  3. Select the screen name you want to add to your list and click Add Buddy.
  4. In the Add Buddy dialog box, select the group to which you want to add the buddy, and click OK.
  5. Click Finish when you are done.

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Creating Buddy Groups

You can group your buddies to organize your buddy list. Your list comes with three pre-set groups: Buddies, Family, and Co-Workers.

To create a new group, begin from your Buddy List Window:

  1. Click the List Setup tab.
  2. Click the add group icon addgroupgif (the icon you see may differ if you are using a theme other than Modern). You see the Add Group dialog box.
  3. Type a name for the group and click OK.

To add a new buddy, follow the steps under Adding and Finding Buddies.

To open or close a group's folder, click the right triangle next to the folder. Or, select the name of the group to highlight it and press Enter.

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Deleting Buddies and Buddy Groups

To remove a buddy or a group, begin from your Buddy List Window:

  1. Click the List Setup tab.
  2. Click to highlight a buddy or group name.
  3. Click the delete icon deletegif (the icon you see may differ if you are using a theme other than Modern).

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Using the My Sidebar Buddy List

If you use the My Sidebar feature of Netscape 6, then you may find it convenient to include your Buddy List in a My Sidebar tab.

The My Sidebar Buddy List may be closed, so that only its header is showing. To open it, click the tab on which the words Buddy List appear.

The My Sidebar Buddy List lets you know when one of your buddies is online and available for a chat, even if Netscape Instant Messenger is not open.

To send an instant message:

  1. Double-click a buddy's name in the My Sidebar Buddy List.
  2. Type your message and click the send icon sendgif in the lower-right corner of the window.

Tip: On Windows and Linux systems, you can right-click a name and choose to send an instant message or a chat invitation. On Mac OS systems, use Control-click.

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Checking the Status of Buddies

To find out which of your buddies is online, click the Online tab in the Buddy List.

You cannot see which of your buddies is online when you have the List Setup tab displayed. Click the Online tab.

In the Online tab:

In Netscape Mail:

You can also find out which of your buddies is online from within Netscape Mail. If a buddy is online, and you are signed on to the Instant Messenger service, a presence icon presencegif appears next to his or her name in a message window, in the To, From, or CC fields. This icon also appears next the the names of non-buddies. Non-buddies are Instant Messenger users who you have not added to your buddy list. For both buddies and non-buddies, the presence icon will show only for those users who have registered and confirmed their registration.

The presence icon next to a buddy's name disappears when he or she logs on or off. The presence icon does not change next to a non-buddy's name.

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Importing and Exporting Buddy Lists

If you have used a previous version of AOL Instant Messenger, you can transfer your buddy list.

  1. Launch and sign on to AOL Instant Messenger.
  2. Open the My AIM menu, and choose Save Buddy List. The file is saved with the extension .blt.
  3. Sign off and quit AOL Instant Messenger.
  4. Launch and sign on to Instant Messenger in Netscape 6.1.
  5. Open the File menu, and choose Import Buddy List.
  6. Select the file you saved to import your Buddy List.

To export your Buddy List from Netscape 6.1, begin from your Buddy List Window:

  1. Open the File menu, and choose Export Buddy List.
  2. Type a name for your list.
  3. Choose a convenient location to save your list, and click Save.

 

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Sending Instant Messages

 

In this section:

Sending an Instant Message

Adding Styles and Formats

Adding Smilies

Adding Hyperlinks

Conducting Multiple Conversations

Using Instant Messenger from Netscape Mail

Ending a Conversation and Signing Off

 

Sending an Instant Message

Follow these steps to create and send an instant message:

  1. Open the Tasks menu, and click Instant Messenger. You see your standalone Buddy List Window. (You must be signed on to Instant Messenger to view this window).
  2. Type your message in the compose area of the Instant Message window.
  3. Click the send button (the flying envelope in the lower-right corner of the window), or press Enter. The message is sent.

Tip: On Windows and Linux systems, you can right-click a name and choose to send an instant message or a chat invitation. On Mac OS systems, use Control-click.

You see your message in the top pane of the message window. Your buddy's response will also appear in the top pane. You can continue typing and sending messages as long as you and your buddy want to converse.

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Adding Styles and Formats

Netscape Instant Messenger lets you customize your instant messages with special fonts, colors, and styles:

  1. Open the Tasks menu, and click Instant Messenger. You see your standalone Buddy List Window. (You must be signed on to Instant Messenger to view this window.)
  2. Open the People menu and choose Send Instant Message.
  3. In the window in which you can type your Instant Message, type some text, and then select any words you want to style.
  4. Open one of the drop-down lists or click a button on the toolbar and choose the formatting option you want to use:

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Adding Smilies

To decorate a message with "smilies" (emoticons), click the smiling face button on the Compose toolbar in the Instant Message composition window, and choose the image you want in your message. If you cannot see the smiley, make sure that the "Display emoticons as graphics" preference is selected in your Instant Messenger preferences.

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Adding Hyperlinks

To add a hyperlink to a message, type the full URL as text (for example, http://www.aol.com or mailto:johndoe@aol.com). The text automatically converts to a hyperlink when you send the message.

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Conducting Multiple Conversations

You can carry on as many separate conversations as you wish. A separate message window appears for each conversation.

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Using Instant Messenger from Netscape Mail

You can easily use Instant Messenger from within Netscape Mail to correspond quickly with friends and colleagues. If an Instant Messenger user who has sent you an email message is online, a presence icon mailpresencegif appears next to his or her email address in the envelope of the email message. The icon appears in the To, From, or CC fields for anyone who is a registered, confirmed Instant Messenger user and who is online. (You must be signed on to the Instant Messenger service to see these icons.) To send an instant message to the person, double-click the presence icon. An Instant Messenger composition window opens for you to type and send your message.

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Ending a Conversation and Signing Off

A conversation ends when both parties stop sending instant messages. If the other person continues to send messages after you have closed the message window, you will continue to receive message notifications, unless you block that person from sending you messages. To close the message window, click the close box.

To sign off from Instant Messenger, click the sign-off icon signoffgif (or the Sign Off button) in your Buddy List Window. Or, open the File menu in the Buddy List Window and choose "Sign Off" (you are signed off from Instant Messenger, but the sign-on window remains open) or "Sign Off and Close."

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Chat Rooms

 

The Netscape Instant Messenger Chat feature lets you exchange messages with several of your buddies in your own private chat rooms.

In this section:

Inviting Buddies to Chat

Sending a Chat Message

Sending an Instant Message from a Chat Room

Adding Styles and Formats

Adding Hyperlinks

Conducting Multiple Chat Sessions

Stopping Messages from People in the Chat Room

Ending a Chat and Signing Off

 

Inviting Buddies to Chat

To invite a buddy to chat:

  1. Open the Tasks menu, and click Instant Messenger. You see the standalone Buddy List Window. (You must be signed on to Instant Messenger to view this window.
  2. In your Buddy List Window, click the Online tab.
  3. Select the screen names of the buddies you want to invite to the chat room. To select multiple screen names, hold down the Ctrl key as you select each name. You can also select an entire group of buddies.
  4. Click the chat invitation icon chatinvitegif (the icon you see may differ if you are using a theme other than Modern).
  5. The Buddy Chat Invitation window opens. If you want to send the invitation to additional buddies, type their screen names in the Screen Names to Invite field, separated by commas.

  6. Click Invite to send the invitation.
  7. After your buddy accepts your invitation, Netscape Instant Messenger displays a message indicating your buddy has entered the room. You can start typing your chat messages in the text area after you receive the notification.

You can invite a buddy to join a chat in progress. To do so, click the Invite button on the toolbar in the Chat window.

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Sending a Chat Message

To send a chat message:

  1. Type the message that you want to send in the text area box of the Chat window. You can format chat messages with hyperlinks and emoticons (smilies) or format them using different styles such as bold, italic, or underlining. Using color or a different font can also help emphasize messages you send.
  2. Click Send.

When you are finished with your chat conversation, you can click Save in the Chat window toolbar to save the conversation to a file.

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Sending an Instant Message from a Chat Room

You can send someone participating in a chat conversation an Instant Message directly from the Chat Room window. Follow these steps:

  1. In the Chat Room window, select the name of the person to whom you want to send an instant message.
  2. Click the Send IM button.
  3. Type your message in the Instant Message window that appears.
  4. Click the Send icon or button.

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Adding Styles and Formats

Netscape Instant Messenger lets you customize your chat messages with special fonts, colors, styles, and smilies (emoticons):

  1. In the text area box of the Chat window, type some text, and then select any words you want to style.
  2. Open one of the pull-down menus or click a button on the toolbar and choose the formatting option you want to use:
  3. Click the smiley face on the toolbar and choose one of the characters to add a smiley to your chat message.

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Adding Hyperlinks

To add a hyperlink to a chat message, type the full URL as text (for example, http://www.aol.com or mailto:johndoe@aol.com). The text automatically converts to a hyperlink when you send the chat message.

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Conducting Multiple Chat Sessions

You can carry on as many as three separate chat sessions at the same time. A separate chat window appears for each conversation.

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Stopping Messages from People in the Chat Room

To stop receiving messages from one or more people in the chat room:

  1. Select the person’s screen name in the field that lists participants in the chat room.
  2. Click Ignore. A red circle with a slash through it appears next to the selected screen name. Click Ignore again to turn the Ignore feature off.

Once you've clicked Ignore, you won't see any messages from those people whose screen names you selected. However, others in the chat room will continue to see the messages of those people.

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Ending a Chat and Signing Off

A chat ends when all parties stop sending instant messages. To close the chat window, click the close box.

To sign off from Instant Messenger, open the File menu and choose "Sign Off" (you are signed off from Instant Messenger, but the sign-on window remains open) or "Sign Off and Close."

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Away Messages

 

If you need to step away from your computer but do not want to sign off, you can use an Away message to let others know that you are temporarily unavailable.

For planned absences, you can turn on your Away message to let others know when you will be back. Netscape Instant Messenger displays this message when anyone requests information about you and automatically replies with your Away message to anyone who sends you a message while you are away.

In this section:

Creating a New Away Message

Turning an Away Message On and Off

Deleting an Away Message

 

Creating a New Away Message

To create a new away message:

  1. Open the Tasks menu, and click Instant Messenger. You see the standalone Buddy List Window. (You must be signed on to Instant Messenger to view this window.
  2. Open the Edit menu and choose Preferences.
  3. Under the Instant Messenger category, select Away. (If no options are visible in this category, click the triangle to expand the list.)
  4. Make sure "Auto respond with "away" message" is selected.
  5. To create a new message, click Add Message. You see the Edit Away Message dialog box.
  6. Type a label for the new away message in the Label field.
  7. Type the message in the field below "Message to send when you receive a message."
  8. Click OK to save your changes and close the dialog box.

Netscape Instant Messenger adds your new message to your list of away messages. When you activate your away message, users who send you an instant message receive your away message.

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Turning an Away Message On and Off

To turn on (activate) your away message or to turn it off:

  1. Open the Tasks menu, and click Instant Messenger. You see the standalone Buddy List Window. (You must be signed on to Instant Messenger to view this window.
  2. Click the away message icon awaygif or button, or select the message you want to use from the drop-down list next to the icon.
  3. To turn off your away message, click "I'm Back" in the Instant Messenger window.

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Deleting an Away Message

To delete an away message:

  1. Open the Edit menu and choose Preferences.
  2. Under the Instant Messenger category, select Away. (If no options are visible in this category, click the triangle next to the words Instant Messenger to expand the list.)
  3. Select the away message that you want to delete.
  4. Click Remove.
  5. Click OK to save your changes.

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Controlling Access

 

If someone else using Instant Messenger sends you annoying or offensive messages, you can block the person from sending messages to you.

You can also set privacy preferences to control which users can send you messages, and how much information about you other Instant Messenger users can have.

In this section:

Specifying Who Can Contact You

Blocking a User

 

Specifying Who Can Contact You

Follow these steps to control who can send you messages, and to control how much information about you other users can have:

  1. Open the Edit menu and choose Preferences. Under the Instant Messenger category, select Privacy. (If no options are available in this category, click the triangle next to the words Instant Messenger to expand the list.)
  2. Under "Who can contact me," select one of the following options:
  3. In the lower section of the dialog box, use the drop-down list to choose how much information users who know your email address should be able to see about you.
  4. Click OK.

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Blocking a User

You can block one or more users so they can't send you messages. This feature is useful if you want to block users who send offensive messages or if you simply do not want to receive messages for a while.

  1. Open the Edit menu and choose Preferences.
  2. Under the Instant Messenger category, select Privacy. If no options are visible in this category, click the triangle next to the words Instant Messenger to expand the list.
  3. Select "Block all users" or "Block these users."
  4. If you selected "Block these users," click Add Name and type the screen name of the person you want to block.

To remove someone from the "block" list, click his or her screen name, then click Remove.

You can also block a user directly from the Instant Message window:

  1. In the Instant Message window, click the Block icon or button.
  2. Click OK to confirm that you want to block the specific user.

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Warnings

If someone else using the Netscape Instant Messenger service sends you annoying or offensive messages, you have two ways to respond. You can issue a warning to the person or you can block the person.

In this section:

Warning a User

Viewing Someone's Warning Level

 

Warning a User

To warn a user who has sent you an offensive message, click Warn in the Instant Message window in which you received the message.

Warn imposes a warning on the sender, hampering that person's ability to send and receive messages. With frequent warnings, the user will not be able to exchange any messages with anyone. Only after a “cooling off” period can that user send and receive messages again.

When you click Warn, you can choose to impose the warning anonymously. Anonymous warnings are less severe and the user you are warning won't know who issued the warning.

Regarding warnings you send and receive:

Alternatively, you can block one or more people from sending you messages. See "Blocking a User" for more information.

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Viewing Someone's Warning Level

You can see someone’s warning level next to the person's screen name in your Buddy List Window.

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Troubleshooting

In this section:

If You Can't Sign On

If You Can't See Anyone in your Buddy List Window

If You Can't Send Instant Messages

 

If You Can't Sign On

Check for one of the following instances:

You might not be able to sign on if:

If none of the above conditions is true, there is either a temporary problem somewhere in the network that is preventing the connection from completing or the Instant Messenger server is down. In either case, you simply need to wait and try again later.

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If You Can't See Anyone in your Buddy List Window

Have you added any buddies to your Buddy List? If not, click the List Setup tab in your Buddy List Window and click the add buddy icon.

Are you viewing the Online tab in your Buddy List Window? If not, click the Online tab in your Buddy List Window to display your online buddies.

Are any of your buddies signed on? If not, they won't appear in your Buddy List. From the People menu, choose Sign On A Friend to invite a friend to register with the Netscape Instant Messenger service.

Is the "Block all users" option selected? If so, this prevents anyone from seeing you and also prevents you from seeing anyone in your Buddy List Window. To deselect the "Block all users option," from the Edit menu, choose Preferences. Click the Privacy category under Instant Messenger, and deselect the option.

Are all of your buddies blocking you? If so, from the People menu, choose Sign On A Friend to invite another friend to register with the Netscape Instant Messenger service.

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If You Can't Send Instant Messages

Is your buddy blocking your instant message? If so, from the People menu, choose Sign On A Friend to invite another friend to register with the Netscape Instant Messenger service.

Is your buddy signed on? If not, you need to wait and try again later when your buddy is signed on.

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Setting Instant Messenger Preferences

 

If you have previously used AOL Instant Messenger, and you have installed Netscape 6 on your machine, you will have to select your preferences again. Preferences, unlike Buddy Lists, do not transfer automatically from AOL Instant Messenger to Netscape 6.

 

In this section:

Instant Messenger Preferences

Instant Messenger Preferences - Privacy

Instant Messenger Preferences - Notification

Instant Messenger Preferences - Away

Instant Messenger Preferences - Connection

 

Instant Messenger Preferences

 

The Instant Messenger preferences dialog box lets you set preferences for creating and formatting messages, and for setting a preference to show within the envelope of a Netscape Mail message whether other users are online. If you are not already viewing these settings, follow these steps:

  1. Open the Edit menu and choose Preferences.
  2. Click to select the Instant Messenger category. (If you chose Preferences from the Edit menu of the standalone Instant Messenger window in step 1, the category is already selected for you.)

Select the boxes next to the options listed to set your preferences for the following:

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Instant Messenger Preferences - Privacy

The Instant Messenger Privacy preference dialog box lets you control who communicates with you while you are using Netscape Instant Messenger. You can prevent any user from sending you messages or specify only those users with whom you want to communicate. If you are not already viewing these settings, follow these steps:

  1. Open the Edit menu and choose Preferences.
  2. Click to select the Instant Messenger category. (If you chose Preferences from the Edit menu of the standalone Instant Messenger window in step 1, the category is already selected for you.)
  3. Under the Instant Messenger category, select Privacy.

Click the buttons next to the options listed to set your preferences for the following:


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Instant Messenger Preferences - Notification

The Instant Messenger Notification preference dialog box lets you control who communicates with you while you are using Netscape Instant Messenger. You can prevent any user from sending you messages or specify only those users with whom you want to communicate. If you are not already viewing these settings, follow these steps:

  1. Open the Edit menu and choose Preferences.
  2. Click to select the Instant Messenger category. (If you chose Preferences from the Edit menu of the standalone Instant Messenger window in step 1, the category is already selected for you.)
  3. Under the Instant Messenger category, select Notification.

Check the boxes next to the options listed to set your preferences for the following:

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Instant Messenger Preferences - Away

The Instant Messenger Away preference dialog box lets you define messages that appear to others while you are away from your computer. If you are not already viewing these settings, follow these steps:

  1. Open the Edit menu and choose Preferences.
  2. Click to select the Instant Messenger category. (If you chose Preferences from the Edit menu of the standalone Instant Messenger window in step 1, the category is already selected for you.)
  3. Under the Instant Messenger category, select Away.

Check the boxes next to the options listed to set your preferences for the following:

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Instant Messenger Preferences - Connection

If you access the Internet through an Internet service provider, you most likely will not need to make any changes to the Connection preferences dialog box. If you access the Internet through a local area network firewall (for example, at your workplace), then your network administrator may need to configure the proxy section of the Connection preferences dialog box.

Here are descriptions of the items in the Connection dialog box:

Server Host

This field contains the default Internet address of the Netscape Instant Messenger server. Under normal circumstances, you do not need to change this field. If your proxy server needs to resolve the host name, you may need to put the IP address instead of the name of the server in this field.

Server Port

This field contains the default server port number to be used on the Netscape Instant Messenger server. Under normal circumstances, you do not need to change this field.

Connect using proxy

If you click this button, the Netscape Instant Messenger software activates the proxy server controls.

Proxy Server Host

Supply the name of the proxy server.

Proxy Server Port

Supply the port number to be used on the proxy server.

Protocol

Specify whether your proxy server uses the SOCKS 4, SOCKS 5, or HTTPS protocol.

Authentication Username

Supply the authentication username required by the proxy.

Authentication Password

Supply the authentication password required by the proxy.

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