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Preferences |
The Owner Preferences feature enables you to customize your Preferences in the ICQ program.
You do not need to configure these preferences in order for most features to work. However,
as you get to know ICQ, you will find that customizing ICQ features enhances your ease and enjoyment
of the program.
Click the ICQ button and select Preferences. Preferences may be configures for the following:
- The Contact List option enables you to customize the appearance and settings of your Contact List.
- The Connections option enables you to specify the ICQ server to which you are connected.
- The Events option enables you to specify parameters for incoming messages.
- The Security & Privacy option enables you to configure your securing and privacy settings.
- The ICQ Email Import enables you to This option allows you to have ICQ search for an e-mail address in the address book
(or books) of the e-mail program that is installed on your computer
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Contact List |
The Options Pane
- Check the Popup Contact List upon incoming event to set your Contact List to automatically open (if it was minimized) upon receipt of an incoming event.
- Check the Global online alert by: to receive an alert when a user comes online. Then check the Blink to receive a flashing user name alert and/or the Sound to receive a sound alert.
The Design Pane
- Check the Show Contact List buttons to show the buttons that appear at the bottom of your Contact List.
- Check the Show user ToolTip to enable the User ToolTips feature on your Contact List.
- Check the Sort Contact List by: to view the names on your Contact List either alphabetically by name or according to their Availability status.
Miscellaneous Pane
- Check the Multi language support to be able to write messages in other languages (as long as the language program exists in your computer).
- Check the Show ICQ Announcements to enable the ICQ Announcements to be displayed upon start-up of the program.
- Check the Access menus by left button to be able to access the user menus for each user on your Contact List by using the left mouse button. (This is the default.)
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Connections |
General Tab
To specify your Internet connection type:
- Select the Modem (dial-up connection) or the Permanent (LAN, Cable Modem, etc.) to chose between the two sorts of connections.
- Check the Launch ICQ on startup to launch the NetDetect Agent when you start your computer, which will automatically launch ICQ when you connect to the Internet.
- Check the Launch default Web browser when connection is detected to automatically launch your Web browser upon connection to ICQ or to the Internet.
- Check the Automatically activate sleep mode upon disconnection to put the NetDetect Agent in your desktop so that ICQ is launched upon connection to the Internet. (If you've disconnected from the Internet and closed ICQ, once you re-connect to the Internet again, this option will launch your ICQ.)
Click on the Edit Launch List button to launch other applications upon connection to the Internet.
- The Servers tab enables you to change the configurations of your ICQ server host and port.
- The Firewall tab allows you to change your Proxy server settings if you are behind a Firewall. You may define more than one Proxy.
- The User tab enables you change the incoming ports for communication with users that are behind a Firewall.
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Events |
Enables you to specify parameters regarding sending or receiving messages.
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Security & Privacy |
Configure the various security and privacy features available on ICQ.
Click the Save button to save your changes, or click the Cancel button to exit the dialog without saving your changes.
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ICQ Email Import |
This option allows you to have ICQ search for an e-mail address in the address book (or books) of the e-mail program that is installed on your computer and compare it with the ICQ database (This feature works only with Outlook, Outlook Express, Eudora and Netscape Navigator). You can set ICQ
to search for contacts since your previous search to avoid going through a long list of contacts that have already been listed.
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