Nokia 6170 - Starting an instant messaging conversation

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• Select

IM contacts

. The contacts that you have added from the phone’s

contacts memory are displayed. Scroll to the contact with whom you would
like to start instant messaging, and press

Chat

.

indicates that you have received a new message from a contact.

indicates an online contact and

an offline contact in the contact

memory of the phone.

indicates a blocked contact. Refer to

Blocking and unblocking messages

on

page

63

.

You can add contacts to the list. See

Contacts for instant messaging

on page

62

.

• Select

Groups

and

Public groups

(dimmed if the group functionality is not

supported by the network). The list of bookmarks to public groups provided by
the network operator or service provider is displayed. To start a conversation,
scroll to a group, and press

Join

. Enter the screen name that you want to use as

a nickname in the conversation. When you have successfully joined in the
group conversation, you can start a group session. You can also create a
private group. See

Groups

on page

63

.

• Select

Search

and

Users

or

Groups

to search for other instant messaging users

or public groups on the network by phone number, screen name, e-mail
address, or name. If you select

Groups

, you can search for a group by a member

in the group or by group name, topic or ID.

To start the session when you have found the user or the group that you want,
press

Options

, and select

Chat

or

Join group

.