Register Messenger (Dialogue General options)
In the dialogue General options you find the register Messenger. Here you can make entires for Instant Messenging with the BINGOOO Messenger. Please make sure that you are online when defining your settings here.
Area Account
Here you can enter your individual data for your own messenger account. As default you will find the entries Server (= jabber.org) and Place (= home). Enter your own name in the field user (e.g. äpaul.paulsen"). The ending ä@jabber.org" will be automatically generated by the program. Please enter your personal password in the field Password. Please don't forget your keyword.
Click on the key Create account in order to activate your account and verify your entries by a click on OK. The symbole (LAN and Internet) in the messenger panel should be green now. The green colour tells you that you are online.
Area Buddies
Here you can create new buddies or delete buddies from your buddy list. As a precondition for the creation of a new buddy, you have to make sure that the person has a jabber.org account. Click either on the key Add or the key Delete. A window will be opened accordingly where you can enter the jabber.org address you want to be added or deleted. Verify your entries with OK.
If you want to add a buddy and your addressee is online, he will immediately get a message on his screen asking him if he agrees to be added to your buddy list.
If he disagrees by clicking on No, you will receive that information on your BINGOOO screen. In this case, you can't add that person to your buddy list.
If he agrees by clicking on "Yes", you will receive the positive answer on your screen together with his query of whether you also agree to be added to his buddy list. As soon as you click on Yes your addresses will be added to your buddy lists vice versa and you can start to communicate via instant messages immediately. The green colour of the symbols will indicate that you are able to use the BINGOOO messenger now.
Area Status
Here you can define your present state (online, busy, away, sleeping or chat) to be communicated to your messenger contacts in their own messenger list. Your new status in your contacts' directories will be identified by the colour of your individual symbol (e.g. green symbol if your status is online).
Apart from that, you can activate the options Category header colours, Enabled and Enable URL reception here. You can also enable the LAN Messenger with a click on the option LAN .
You can find further information under:
Dialogue General options
How to create a messenger account
How to create a buddy list
How to send instant messages