About the Conversations List
	Send a New Message
	Manage Conversations
	Receive a New Message
	Reply to a Message
	Conduct a Conversation
	View Previous Messages
	View Other New Messages
	End the Conversation
	Reject Messages

While signed on to the AIM® service you can easily switch between messaging, talking, and performing other activities with your phone. To make a phone call or use other functions of the phone, exit the Web browser as documented for your phone—you'll stay signed on to the AIM service. To return to the AIM session, just navigate to the AIM option under Message Center.

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About the Conversations List

On the main AIM page, the Conversations list displays the screen names with whom you have an active conversation. Screen names marked by an asterisk (*) indicate that you have received a new message from that buddy. Select a screen name to view the new message and the conversation.

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Send a New Message

To send a new message to an online buddy, select their screen name in the Online Buddies list and write your message.

To send a new message to a screen name that is not in your Buddy List® feature, select Send Msg to . . . from the AIM menu, and enter the screen name of the person who you want to send a message. Then, type your message.

Your message is saved under the screen name and indicated by the "<" character. You can continue to write messages to this screen name, or you can find other message options on the instant message page.

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Manage Conversations

From the instant message page, you can perform these tasks:

• Select Get New Msgs to update messages from the screen name listed. If there are new messages from other screen names, the main AIM page is displayed.
• Select Quick Reply to send predefined message to the current screen name.
• Select End Conversation to end the current conversation.

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Reply to a Message

To reply to a message, select the screen name in the Conversations list to view the conversation. You can either type your message or select Quick Reply to use smileys, simple greetings, and common phrases. More information on using Quick Replies.

Conduct a Conversation

Each time you send a message or update a conversation, the AIM service displays any new messages that you have received.

• If there are no new messages since the last time you updated the conversation, "No new messages in this conv." displays.
  
• If there are previous messages in the conversation, select previous msgs to display them.
• If there are new messages from other screen names, select other new messages to display the Conversations list.
  

You can type a response or select Quick Reply to use smileys, simple greetings, and common phrases.

If you receive a message alert while typing a message, "skip" or close the alert message to return to the message you are currently composing. Then, when you are ready to view new messages, go to the main AIM page and update the Conversation list.

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View Previous Messages

The Message page includes a link to any previous messages. Select Previous msgs to display the Previous Messages page. This page displays as much of the preceding conversation as possible in the available page memory. Use the navigation keys to scroll through the page.

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View Other New Messages

When you have several conversations going at once, select Other new msgs to update and display the main AIM page. The asterisk (*) next to a screen name indicates new messages have arrived from this person.

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End the Conversation

To end a conversation, select End Conversation. This clears all previous messages in the conversation and updates the screen name's status.

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Reject Messages

To reject messages from an AIM user, navigate to the screen name in either the Conversations List or the Buddy List, and select the Reject Messages option from the AIM menu. Click here to learn more about Rejecting Messages.

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