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The ICQ Status Options
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Chat With a Friend -
See the ICQ Chat With a Friend tutorial.
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Available/Connect - Also known as Online.
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Free For Chat - See the complete ICQ Chat Tour.
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Away - Change your status to Away. You may select between 8 different preset Away messages.
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N/A (Extended Away) - Extended Away. After an extended period of being away, ICQ will
automatically set the status to N/A. You may also select between up to 8 preset messages for this status.
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Occupied (Urgent Msgs) - If you do not want to be distracted for any reason, use this status.
Users will still be able to send you urgent messages, or leave a message on your Contact List
(the message icon will not blink).
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DND (Do Not Disturb) - If you are sent an event, you will be notified by a non-blinking
icon in your desktop tray and on your contact list. The sender will receive a message
that you do not wish to be disturbed.
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Privacy (Invisible) - Choose this status to indicate to other users that you are
offline, when in fact you are online. You will be informed of the online/offline status of your
contacts; however, they will see you as offline.
If you decide to send an event to an online user
while you are in the Invisible mode, the recipient will see you on his online list with a Privacy
icon next to your name. This user will therefore be aware of your online/invisible status.
You will also be able to receive events from those users whether you appear to them online
or offline (which will be announced by an alert sound and a flashing icon on your Contact
List and in your desktop tray). You can override this status for selected users on your
Contact List by placing them in your Visible List.
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Offline/Disconnect - Disconnect from the ICQ servers.
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The System Notice
Clicking on the System Notice will open the following options:
- History and OutBox - Here is where you can view your History of incoming and outgoing system notice events.
If you wish, it is also possible to access your History from the User Options heading of the User menu.
Note: Checking the Save Event History checkbox from the System Notice menu starts logging of all ICQ events. Choosing the option from the User menu,
however, will only start logging the message history for that user.
- Incoming Files Folder - The files you receive from any user via ICQ are stored in the
Incoming Files Folder. This is a folder with that user's name.
- Incoming Bookmarks - URLs that you receive from other users and then save as bookmarks from the Incoming Web Page Address
window are stored in your Incoming Bookmarks page.
To view your system messages history:
- Choose from one of the following ways to open the ICQ Message History window.
- Click the System Notice button in the ICQ Window and select History & OutBox.
- Click the My ICQ button and select History. Then select History & OutBox.
- Choose from the following tabs:
- System - Displays a list of events received from the ICQ server.
- OutBox - This contains a history of the events that you sent while you were offline or
to users who were offline at the time you sent the events. Events are stored in the
OutBox until you connect to an ICQ server and if necessary, until the recipient goes online.
- Deleted Items - Here you can view all the messages you have deleted, and, if you wish, permanently erase them.
Note: To process this option, ICQ will shut down and restart after a few minutes.
- WWPager - This contains a history of the WWpager messages you have received.
- Email Express - View email messages sent using your ICQ number as the email address.
The address for people to send is [your_ICQ_number]@pager.icq.com. The message can be up to 450 characters.
- Double-click a message to display its contents.
- Choose from the following options:
- Click the Close button to close the dialog.
- Click the Reply button to reply to the message to one or multiple recipients.
- Click the Forward button to forward the message to one or multiple recipients.
- Click the Previous button to show the previous message on the list.
- Click the Next button to view the next message on the list.
- Right-click a System Message for options about the selected message.
To view the files received by users:
- Click the System Notice button in your ICQ Window, and select Incoming Files Folder.
- Double-click the user's folder that you wish to open.
To view incoming bookmarks:
URLs that you receive from other users and then save as bookmarks from the Incoming Web Page Address
window are stored in your Incoming Bookmarks page. This option opens your browser and allows you to view all of your incoming URLs.
Note: ICQ is compatible with various Web browsers. ICQ saves your Web page address
in a file called Bookmarks.html under C:\Program Files\ICQ\Bookmark.
If you have neither Netscape Navigator™ nor MS Internet Explorer™, open this URL in your browser
and add it to your bookmarks.
To view your incoming bookmarks:
- Click the System Notice area of your Contact List and select Incoming Bookmarks.
Alternatively, click the My ICQ button, select History and then select
Incoming Bookmarks. Your browser will open to the ICQ Received Bookmarks page.
- Choose from the following options:
- If your Web browser is Internet Explorer, you may select a
URL you received and automatically launch your browser to view the site.
- If your browser is Netscape or other, click the sender's name on your Contact List and select Message History.
Then select View Messages History and choose the Incoming tab and select the URL you wish to view.
The ICQ Web Search
The ICQ Web Search provides a gateway to the Web and makes searching for information quick and easy.
The Web Search is located at the top of the ICQ Window. Just enter a search query, press GO!, and
you are led to the search results on the ICQ Search engine.
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