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The Contact List |
The Contact List is a list of friends with whom you want to communicate with - exchange messages, URLs, files, chat, etc.
Before you begin using all these fun options and more, add friends to your Contact List. See Add/Invite Users below.
Once that's done, use the two buttons above the Contact List to manage your list according to your needs:
The Status button (above left) determines if all your contacts (both online and offline) be displayed or only the ones that are online.
The Groups button (above right) enables you to divide your Contact List into groups to more easily manage your list.
Notice the new Channels bar on the left side of your ICQ Window.
ICQ Channels are the best ICQ way to get your music, movies, sports, games, tech and world news, while meeting ICQ friends who share your interests.
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Add/Invite Users |
Once ICQ is up and running you can add friends, associates and other ICQ users to your Contact List. Click on the Add/Invite Users button to display the following dialog:
You can search for ICQ users by:
- Email
- Nickname, First name, Last name
- ICQ number
At the bottom of the dialog, you have the following options: Search for a user in the ICQ Whitepages, find a random chat partner, invite a
friend to join ICQ, or check out what's happening in the ICQ community through ICQ Interests.
If you've tried adding the user to your Contact List and need permission to do so, you may find the new Request for Authorization Follow Up Service handy.
You now have the possibility to follow up on authorization requests that you sent to other users whom you want to add to your Contact List. You can now set ICQ to re-send authorization requests and to send such users an email, requesting for their authorization.
To check the authorization status of a user:
- Click on the user name you are awaiting authorization from.
- Choose Authorization Status.
- Check the Re-Activate box or the Stop Service/Send Email box to send a request via email to the user.
After you've added friends on your Contact List, stay tuned to what you can do with ICQ!
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The ICQ Menu |
Clicking on the ICQ button will bring you the following options.
- Add / Invite Users Menu - A special wizard for inviting friends and associates to join ICQ. Also, these new features:
ICQ Email Address Import - Have ICQ search for e-mail addresses in the address book (or books) of the e-mail program that's installed on your computer and compare it with the ICQ database (This feature currently works only with Outlook, Outlook Express, Eudora and Netscape Navigator). Set ICQ to search for contacts since your previous search to make for a shorter search.
Add Non ICQ Contacts - Non ICQ Contacts are not necessarily ICQ users, whose details you enter for the purpose of sending pager messages, exchanging SMS messages and communicating via ICQphone.
- View / Change My Details - Add or change the details provided for your ICQ#.
- Preferences - ICQ comes with an array of tabs so you can configure ICQ to work according to your needs.
- Security & Privacy - Configure the various security and privacy features available on ICQ.
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- To Simple Mode - You can switch to Simple Mode features.
- Contact List Options - View different options you can display your Contact List with.
- Help - ICQ comes with a special help file that you can download from the ICQ Download page.
- Shut Down - Shut down the ICQ program completely.
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