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Leaving Outgoing Messages |
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When you're away or do not wish to be disturbed you can leave outgoing messages on
your ICQ for people who are looking to make contact with you. Your message will
appear in two places:
- On your ICQ client
- In your Unified Messaging Center
It's simple to leave a message:
- Click the ICQ/Menu button.
- Select Preferences & Security.
- Choose Preferences
- Choose the Status tab.
The Status tab enables you to specify connection status options and to leave
outgoing messages for the various status modes.
Preferences - Status Menu
In the Default Availability Mode Message box, click the down arrow to select
the mode of your availability status, as in the list above.
The ICQ icon changes accordingly and two more things change:
- The text in the Presets box
- The text in the message box
By clicking the down arrow in the Presets box, you can change the message for
your availability mode.
For example, in N/A (Not Available) mode the message (preset) could be
Fishing. With the message title appears the text of the message.
You can edit the outgoing message or change the presets by clicking the Rename Presets button.
A dialog appears:
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Rename your message title and change the default outgoing message in the
message box.
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When someone sends you a message while you're in one of the statuses they receive the
outgoing message you left in your Preferences on the Status tab.
You can enter up to 8 different outgoing messages for each of the following
Availability Modes:
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Away
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User is currently away. When sending a
message or a URL the Leave A Message button is disabled. That's
because user does not have to authorize the event. If you send a file,
which requires the recipient to accept online (and s/he's away), the
Leave A Message is enabled and you can leave him/her a message.
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| N/A (Not Available)
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User is currently N/A. When sending a
message or a URL the Leave A Message button is disabled. That's
because the user does not have to authorize the event.
If you send a file, which requires the recipient to accept online
(and s/he's not available),the Leave A Message is enabled and
you can leave him/her a message.
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| Occupied
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User is currently occupied
If the event is urgent click the Send Urgent button.
If the event isn't urgent you can either Send To Contact List or
Cancel.
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| DND(Do Not Disturb)
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If user does not wish to be disturbed, you
have three options:
- If the event is urgent click the Send Urgent button.
- If the event isn't urgent you can either Send To Contact List OR
- Click Cancel to delete the message.
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| Free For Chat |
In Free For Chat You don't receive an outgoing
message. By putting yourself on Free For Chat you welcome any user
who'd like to chat with you to send a chat request.
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Mode Options (on your Status tab)
- Automatically set "Away" - when screen saver is activated:
Your connection mode is changed to Away when your screen saver is activated.
- Automatically set "Away" - after X number of minutes of not using
your computer, your connection mode will be changed to Away.
- Automatically set N/A mode after X minutes (example 30 minutes), of
Away mode.
- Show Messages in the tray in All Status Modes: The incoming event
Show icon will blink in the tray area of your desktop in all status
modes.
- Disable "Online Alert" messages in "Away"
"DND""N/A" "Occupied".
You will not receive an outgoing message to tell you what is the present user's status.
When you choose a status a dialog enabling you to select an outgoing message will
appear:
If you wish to change the default outgoing message click the Select Messages
button.
You can leave an outgoing message on your Unified Messaging Center and
use
it as an answering machine.
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- Click on the ICQ/Menu button.
- Select Add/Change Current User.
- Choose View/Change My Details.
A dialog appears:
- Write your outgoing message in the Info/About tab and
click Save.
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Any visitor to your Unified Messaging Center will see this message in
your Info box, in the grey area:
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