Nokia 6230 - Starting an instant messages session

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Starting an instant messages session

Enter the

Instant messages

menu and connect to the instant messages service. You can select

Conversations

to view the list of new and read instant messages or invitations to instant messages

during the active instant messages session. Scroll to the message or invitation that you want and
press

Open

to read the message.

indicates the new and

the read instant messages.

indicates the new and

read group messages.

indicates the invitations.

IM contacts

includes the contacts that you have added. Scroll to the contact with whom you would

like to chat and press

Chat

or press

Open

if a new contact is shown in the list. To add contacts see

Contacts for instant messaging on page 77.

If you have received a new message from a contact, it is indicated with

.

indicates the online and

the offline contacts in the phone’s contacts memory.

indicates a blocked contact, refer to Blocking and unblocking messages on page 78.

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To add contacts to the list, see Contacts for instant messaging session on page 77.

Groups

and

Public groups

. The list of bookmarks to public groups provided by the network operator

or service provider is displayed. To start an instant messages session with a group, scroll to a group
and press

Join

. Enter your screen name that you want to use in the conversation. When you have

successfully joined the group conversation, the phone shows

Joined group:

and the group name. To

create a private group, see Groups on page 79.

Search

and select

Users

or

Groups

to search for other instant messages users or public groups on

the network.

• If you select

Users

, you can search for a user by phone number, screen name, e-mail address or

name.

• If you select

Groups

, you can search for a group by a group member, group name, topic or ID.

To start the instant messages session when you have found the user or the group, scroll to the user
or the group that you want, press

Options

and select

Chat

or

Join group

.

• To start an instant messages session from

Contacts

, see Viewing the subscribed names on page 90.