How to use instant messaging
Instant messaging (network service) allows you to converse with other people using instant messages, and join discussion forums (IM groups) with specific topics. Once you have registered with an instant messaging (IM) service, you can log into the service provider’s IM server.
Check the availability of IM services, pricing, and tariffs with your network operator or service provider. Service providers also provide you instructions on how to use their services.
To access an instant messaging service you need to save the settings for that service. You may receive the settings from the network operator or service provider that offers the service in a configuration message. You can also enter the settings manually.
Connect to an instant messaging server
Select Menu > Connect. > IM.
- To log in, select Options > Login.
- Enter your user ID and password. For the user ID and password, contact your service provider.
To log out, select Options > Logout.
Instant messaging settings
Select Menu > Connect. > IM > Options > Settings > IM settings and from the following settings:
Use screen name — Select Yes to enter a nickname (max. 10 characters).
Show my availability — To allow only people in your contacts to see if you are online, select To IM contacts only. To prevent others from seeing if you are online, select To no-one.
Allow messages from — Select All, From IM contacts, or None.
Allow invitations from — Select All, From IM contacts, or None.
Other settings may also be available.
Select Menu > Connect. > IM > Options > Settings > Server settings and from the following settings:
Servers — To edit connection settings, scroll to the server, and select Options > Edit. Contact your service provider for the settings. To define new server settings, select Options > New server. To delete a server, scroll to it, and select Options > Delete.
Default server — Choose the default server.
IM login type — To be automatically connected to the IM server during the days and times you define, select Automatic. To only be automatically connected while in your home network, select Auto. In home network. To be automatically connected when you start the IM application, select On app. start-up. To connect manually, select Manual.
Automat. login days and Automatic login hrs. — to set at what times you want to establish a connection automatically. These settings are only visible if IM login type is set to Automatic or Auto. in home network.
Join and leave an IM group
Select Menu > Connect. > IM > IM groups.
IM groups are only available if supported by the service provider. To join an IM group, scroll to the group on the list, and press the scroll key. To join an IM group not on the list but whose group ID you know, select Options > Join new group. Enter the group ID, and press the scroll key.
Scroll to a group, select Options > Group and from the following options: Save to save it to IM groups, Delete to delete the group, View participants to see who is currently joined to the group, and Details to see the group ID, topic, members, editing rights in the group, and whether sending private messages is allowed in the group.
To leave the IM group, select Options > Leave IM group.
Search for IM groups and users
To search for groups, select Menu > Connect. > IM > IM groups > Options > Search. You can search IM groups by Group name, Topic, or Members (user ID). To join or save a group that is found in the search, scroll to it, and select Options > Join or Save. If you want to search again, select Options > New search.
To search for new contacts, select Options > IM contacts > New IM contact > Search from server. You can search by User’s name, User ID, Phone number, and E-mail address. To search again, select Options > New search. To start a conversation with a user that is found, scroll to the user, and select Options > Open conversation. To save the user to contacts, select Add to IM contacts. To invite the user to a group, select Send invitation.
When the search result is displayed, to see more search results, select Options > New search > More results.
Chat in an IM group
Select Menu > Connect. > IM > IM groups. After you join an IM group, you can view the messages that are exchanged in the group, and send your own messages. To send a message, write the message, and press the scroll key. To send a private message to a member (if allowed in the group), select Options > Send private msg., select the recipient, write the message, and press the scroll key.
To reply to a private message sent to you, scroll to the message, and select Options > Reply.
To invite IM contacts who are online to join the IM group (if allowed in the group), select Options > Send invitation, select the contacts you want to invite, write the invitation message, and select Done.
Record messages
To record the messages that are exchanged in an IM group or during an individual conversation, select Options > Record chat. Enter the name for the message file, and press the scroll key. To stop recording, select Options > Stop recording.
The recorded message files are saved to notes.
Start and view individual conversations
Select Menu > Connect. > IM > Conversations. This shows a list of the IM users with whom you have an ongoing conversation.
next to a user indicates that you have received a new message from that user.
To view an ongoing conversation, scroll to the user, and press the scroll key. To send a message, write your message, and press the scroll key. To return to the conversations list without closing the conversation, select Back.
To start a new conversation, select Options > New conversation > Select recipient to select from a list of your saved IM contacts that are currently online, or Enter user ID to enter the user ID.
To close the conversation, select Options > End conversation. Ongoing conversations are automatically closed when you exit instant messaging.
To save a user to your IM contacts, scroll to the user, and select Options > Add to IM contacts.
To prevent receiving messages from certain users, select Options > Blocking options and from the following:
Add to blocked list — to block messages from the currently selected user
Add ID to list manually — Enter the user ID of the user, and press the scroll key.
View blocked list — to see the users whose messages are blocked
Unblock — Select the user that you want to remove from the blocked list, and press the scroll key.
IM contacts
Select Menu > Connect. > IM > IM contacts.
You can see a list of your saved IM contacts. 
indicates contacts that are currently online, and 
indicates contacts that are offline.
To create a new contact, select Options > New IM contact. Fill in the Nickname and User ID fields, and select Done.
To view contact details, scroll to a contact, and select Options > Contact details.
Scroll to a contact, and select Options and from the following options:
Open conversation — Start a new conversation or continue an ongoing conversation with the contact.
Contact details — View the contact’s details.
Switch tracking on — Be notified every time the IM contact goes online or offline.
Belongs to groups — See which groups the IM contact has joined.
Blocking options — Prevent or allow receiving messages from the contact.
Reload users’ availab. — Update information about whether contacts are online or offline. This option is not available if you have selected
Availabil. reloading > Automatic in IM settings.
Editing options — Edit the contact’s details, delete the contact, move the contact, or be notified when the contact’s status changes.
Create a new IM group
Select Menu > Connect. > IM > IM groups > Options > Create new group. Enter the settings for the group:
Group name, Group topic, and a Welcome note that the participants see when they join the group
Group size — Specify the maximum number of members allowed to join the group.
Allow search — Define whether others can find the IM group by searching.
Editing rights — Scroll to the IM group members to whom you want to give editing rights and permission to invite contacts to join the group.
Group members — See below in “Restrict access to an IM group.”
Banned — Display a list of banned users.
Allow private msgs. — Allow or prevent private messaging between members.
Group ID — The group ID is created automatically and cannot be changed.
Restrict access to an IM group
You can make an IM group closed by creating a group members list. Only the users on the list are allowed to join the group. Select the IM groups view, scroll to the group, and select Options > Group > Settings > Group members > Selected only.
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