Introduction

Welcome to ICQ 98a

ICQ (“I Seek You”) is a revolutionary, user-friendly Internet program that notifies you who’s online at all times and enables you to initiate contact with those people at any time. No longer will you search in vain for friends or associates on the Internet. ICQ does the searching for you, alerting you in real time when they sign on.

With ICQ, you can chat, send messages and files, play games or just hang out with your fellow surfers while still surfing the Internet. The program runs in the background, taking up a minimum of memory and Internet resources. While you work on other applications, ICQ alerts you when friends and associates sign on, allowing you to work efficiently while having a whole range of Internet functions at your fingertips. Among the functions available are: chat, message, e-mail, URL and file transfer. ICQ also supports a variety of popular external Internet applications. With ICQ, launching an Internet phone or video call is a breeze. With a click of a button, you and your friend (or friends) are instantly connected. You can also execute these events among multiple users, so you can conduct a conference or just hang out together online.

All these functions are organized in one easy-to-use program that integrates smoothly into your desktop.


How Does ICQ Work?

It’s simple. When you install ICQ, the program asks you to register with an ICQ server, which is connected to a network of servers spanning the entire Internet. You receive an ICQ number when you register. This number (together with a secret password) identifies you as a registered ICQ user. In addition, you have the option to enter personal information along with your ICQ #. This allows other ICQ users to recognize you when you log on. You can also publish your ICQ # on your web site or business card so that other ICQ users can easily identify you.

Once you’ve registered, you can compile a contact list. A contact list is a list of friends and associates that ICQ uses to find your friends for you. Meanwhile, ICQ waits quietly in the background without disturbing any other applications you use. As soon as you log onto the Internet, ICQ automatically detects the Internet connection, announces your presence to the Internet community and continually alerts you when friends sign on or off.

Once you know who’s on, all it takes is a click of an icon to chat, send messages, exchange interesting Web Page bookmarks URLs or transfer a file.

Note: Throughout this User’s Help guide, the term “ICQ #” is used frequently.


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The ICQ Main Window

The ICQ Window displays your contact list and lets you initiate events with other users.

Every ICQ activity can begin in the Main window.

The following describes the ICQ window:

•	ICQ #: A unique, user identification number which identifies you as a registered ICQ user.

•	Contact list : A list, that you compile of your friends and associates who use ICQ. You are automatically notified whether the people in your contact list are on or off-line.

•	Add/Find Users button : Enables you to search the ICQ database and various Internet locations for users and add them to your contact list.

•	System button: Double-clicking the System button displays the ICQ server’s History of Events dialog

•	ICQ button: Clicking the ICQ button displays the ICQ Main menu which enables you to adjust user and system settings.

•	Status bar: Whether you are on or off-line or your availability to other users is indicated in writing and represented by a colored, flower shape icon.

•	Advanced/Simple Features  button: Clicking the ICQ Advanced/Simple features button allows you to decided how many features of the ICQ program you would like to have displayed in your user menu.

•	ICQ Web Guide button: Clicking the ICQ Web Guide button takes you to the ICQ  web site containing answers to many FAQ’s about the ICQ program.


ICQ Features

Note: In Simple Mode you will only see a subset of all the features offered by the ICQ program.

ICQ contains the following advanced features:

Personal Contact List: You can define a list of associates that you want to have on your contact list. ICQ will notify you automatically whether your associates are on or off-line, and of their status, if they are on-line

Status: You have full control over the way your availability is presented to other users. You can select your availability status as:

•	Available For Random Chat,

•	Available/Connect,

•	Free for Chat, Away,

•	N/A (Extended Away), Occupied (Urgent Msgs.),

•	DND (Do Not Disturb),

•	Privacy (Invisible),

Off-line/Disconnect, Your availability status is displayed both at the bottom of the ICQ window and in the tray area of your desktop. At all times, all other users can see your availability status for collaboration or other purposes.

Send Multiple Recipients Message You can send your message to one or multiple users. You can also forward and reply to messages.

FileDirect: You can transfer files using ICQ’s file transfer module that supports crash recovery, batch transfer, entire directory transfer and more.

Offline MessageDirect: You can store and forward off-line messages. Messages and URLs are saved in the ICQ Server while receiving users are off-line. The saved messages are delivered to receiving users automatically when they log in.

ChatDirect: You can chat with one or more other users with the built in conference chat. This feature enables you to chat in both IRC and split-screen styles and supports an unlimited amount of users, fonts and colors as well as sleep mode and more.

Compose-Now Auto-Send Later: You can compose messages at any time and auto send them later when you are connected to the Internet. You can select to send the messages only if the recipient user is online or regardless of whether the recipient user is on or off-line.

Web Page Address  - Collaborative Browsing: You can invite other users to join you to browse to a specific Web Page Address. You can receive URLs which will launch your browser and automatically go directly to the incoming Web Page Address.

Browser Capability: ICQ supports Internet Explorer™ and Netscape Navigator™. You can launch these browsers from ICQ and browse directly to predefined URLs. You can also add received URLs to your bookmarks directly from ICQ.

History Record: You can automatically save all incoming and outgoing messages and URLs in ICQ for future use. Incoming and outgoing messages are saved in separate folders. Dialogs can be retrieved in threaded form. During and at the end of a chat, you can save the chat to a text file, for future use.

E-mail Compatibility: ICQ supports most Internet and Intranet popular e-mail applications. You can launch your e-mail client and send messages directly from ICQ. For most POP3 e-mail servers, ICQ can check and automatically alert you, before you download, how many e-mail messages are waiting for you and from whom they were sent.

User Interface: ICQ takes up minimal space on your desktop, and is designed to work concurrently with other applications. ICQ can also work in the background, off screen, and automatically display a pop up message when you receive an incoming message. Other ICQ display features include a floating application bar and floating names of selected users on your desktop for quick access.

Application Bar: The ICQ application bar can be positioned on the left or right hand side of the screen without restricting your view of the working window.

Alerts,  Accepts, Permissions and Privileges: You can easily personalize ICQ by selecting from a large variety of alert, accept, permission and privilege modes. These modes determine how your status will be seen by other ICQ user’s and you can also personalize incoming events from other ICQ user’s.

Bandwidth saver: ICQ uses minimum net resources. Personalized Greeting Messages: You can have your own personalized greeting message, where you can leave up to 8 different messages and information for other users.

Preferences: You can configure ICQ to fit your individual needs by using ICQ’s wide array of preferences.

Security:  Multiple users can use ICQ on the same computer with password controlled access.

Privacy  : You can determine which users know of your presence on the Internet. The following additional privacy features are available:

Ignore You can build an Ignore List which enables you to define which users’ messages will automatically be ignored.

Authorization: You can elect that your name will not be added to any other user’s contact list unless your authorization is given.

Away. You can choose to be in Away status, globally or towards specific users. In this mode, other users trying to send you a message will be alerted of your status. You can also define that whenever your computer’s screen saver is on, you will be seen as in Away mode.

Privacy (Visible)(Invisible). You can choose to be in a Privacy (Visible) or (Invisible) status. In either of these two modes you can see other users’ status’s, but you will be seen to other users as if you are online or off-line according to your choice. You get the messages that have been sent to you as if you are in Online status.


ICQ Quick Start

This quick start provides an easy way to get started with ICQ. It will demonstrate how to activate the most basic features of ICQ. Afterwards, we recommend that you refer to the ICQ User’s Guides to see the many other interesting functions provided by ICQ. This tutorial with 6 easy steps is all you need to accomplish to begin working effectively with ICQ:

•	Add a user to your contact list

•	Send a message

•	Receive a message

•	Reply to a message

•	Chat with another user

•	Transfer a file

Step 1: Adding/Finding Users  For Your Contact List, describes how to add/find users for your contact list.

Step 2: Sending a Message  , describes how to send a short message to a user on your contact list.

Step 3: Receiving a Message  , describes how to receive a message sent to you.

Step 4: Responding to a Message , describes how to respond to a message sent to you.

Step 5: Chatting with Another User  , describes how to chat with a user.

Step 6: Transferring a File , describes how to send a file to another ICQ user.

Mouse Notice: For new users working with ICQ-98a for the first time; CLICK refers to the left mouse button.


ICQ Announcements

The ICQ Announcements dialog appears upon start up of the program or alternatively you can activate the ICQ Announcements through the Help tab. ICQ Announcements or important messages from the ICQ server will appear in the message box. The ICQ Announcements dialog screen disappears after 5 seconds if there are no new announcements.

To view the Announcements in the Announcements dialog:

1.	 Click Next to view the next message in the message screen.

2.	 Click Previous to view the previous message.

3.	 Click the Go To Web Page Address button to go to a web site in the announcements list

4.	 Click Close when you complete viewing the ICQ Announcements dialog.

By clicking on the buttons on the left side of the Announcements dialog URL Links are available to:

•	The ICQ Homepage.

•	What’s new at ICQ.

•	Making an ICQ friend.

•	People with similar interests, a comprehensive search of the Internet databases.

•	Assistance and support from the friendly support ICQ team.


Selecting Your ICQ Connection Status

Your connection status is represented by an icon which is displayed in the ICQ window and in the tray area of your desktop, as shown below.

You can change your connection status, or disconnect from an ICQ server by clicking the animated flower in the ICQ window and selecting a status from the pop-up menu that appears.


Selecting a Working Mode

ICQ offers you a choice of two modes in which you can activate the features of the program:

•	Simple Mode

or

•	Advanced Mode

The Simple Mode is intended for new ICQ users who may be less familiar with all of the ICQ program features and want to take a more gradual approach to learning the program. Therefore, in Simple Mode a new ICQ user has the option to work with a more basic set of program features that will allow him/her to send messages, chat and send a Web Page Address to another user.

The Advanced Mode allows you to access and operate all the ICQ program features.

The default working mode is Advanced Mode. To select your working ICQ mode do the following:

1.	In the ICQ Window click the To Simple Mode or To Advanced Mode button.

2.	Click either the Switch To Simple Mode radio button or the Switch To Advanced Mode radio button to set  your working mode. The Simple/Advanced dialog appears.

3.	 Click OK. Your working mode features are now customized.


Adding/Finding Users for Your Contact List

Now that ICQ is up and running, you need to add/find users for your contact list in order to contact them.

Do this in two steps:

1.	Search the ICQ database for the users you want to contact, described in the following section. The ICQ database is a collection of identifying information that users supply about themselves.

2.	Add these users to your contact list.

•	ICQ automatically loads your contact list when you go online, and you can see the status of all the people on your contact list, that is whether they are online or off-line.

To search the ICQ Network for users:

1.	Click the ICQ button on the bottom, left side of the ICQ window and select one of the 7 options in the Add/Find tab to find another ICQ user.

or

Click the Add/Find Users button on the ICQ window.


Future Users Watch

ICQ may not always find users according to the search criteria you entered. If this occurs, the user you are looking for has either chosen to remain anonymous, may be using another name/nickname or a different e-mail address or is not registered with the ICQ server. You should attempt to locate a contact by using the varies options suggested if you think he/she is registered with ICQ. If this person is not an ICQ user, you can send a personal invitation which will invite him/her to register with ICQ.

If you generate a search action using the Contact List Wizard and the ICQ rotating face animation rotates without producing a search result click Back to generate a new search.

The following options are available:

•	Enter the user’s e-mail address and click Next to send the user a message from the ICQ server with an invitation to download ICQ. Note: A valid e-mail address is necessary!

•	Include a personalized message.

•	Search in directory services other than ICQ. If a user has been found in another directory, you can write the user’s e-mail address in the User’s E-Mail box in the Contact List Wizard window and the ICQ client will send him an invitation to download ICQ.

•	When the user registers to the ICQ network, the user will automatically receive a request to be added to your contact list. This will happen only if the user has registered by the e-mail address you entered in the dialog.

•	The user will appear in your ICQ window under the Future Users Watch, and you will be notified when the user registers with the ICQ server.


Sending A Message

After you have added a user to your contact list, you can send the user a short message.

Note: Messages are intended as short notes and are therefore limited to 450 characters. To send a longer message, refer to the Transferring a File option.

To send a message to another ICQ user:

1.	Click the desired user and select Message or choose Message tab in the Events menu.

2.	Type your message into the message area.

3.	Click Send to send the message. If you are online, the message is sent. If you are off-line, your message is saved in the outbox and sent when you connect to the ICQ server.


Recieving A Message
Receiving A Message

You can receive a message from another user. When a user sends you a message, a message icon will flash in your tray and near the contact list.

To receive a message from another user:

1.	Double-click the flashing icon [image] in the tray area of your desktop or next to the sender or from the Events menu choose Receive. The Incoming Message dialog is displayed.

The dialog displays the name of the sender, the sender’s e-mail address, and ICQ #, and the date and time. The message appears in the Message area.

The following options are available:

Reply 	Opens a new message dialog in which you can respond to the sender.

Forward 	Forwards the message to other user’s of your choice.

Message Dialog	Displays a history of the messages sent between you and the sender.

Request Chat 	Sends a chat request to the sender of the message. (This is only enabled if the sender is currently online.)

Close	Closes the dialog.

Read Next	     Displays the next incoming message if there is one.


Responding To A Message

You can respond to a message received from another user.

To respond to a message received from another user:

1.	In the Message dialog, click the Reply button. The Send Offline Message dialog is displayed.

2.	Type your message into the message area.

3.	Click Send to send the message. If you are online, the ICQ face animation will rotate until the message is sent. If you are off-line, your message is saved in the outbox and sent when you connect to the ICQ server.


Chatting With Another ICQ User

You and another user can chat. In order to begin a chat, both you and your chat partner must be online.

To chat with another user:

1.	Click the user in your contact list and select Chat. A Send Chat Request dialog is displayed.

2.	Enter the chat subject and click Chat. When the other user accepts your chat request, a chat dialog is displayed for both you and your chat partner.

3.	Now you can type text and it is displayed in the upper half of your chat dialog. Your text is almost immediately displayed in the lower section of your chat partner’s chat dialog. And vice versa, your chat partner types text which is displayed in the upper half of his or her chat dialog and in the lower half of your chat dialog.


Transfering A File
Transferring A File

ICQ can also transfer a file to another user for you. A file can be transferred only when you are in Advanced mode and both the sender and the recipient are online.

Note: You can also compose a request to transfer a file when you are offline. This request will be saved in your outbox and will be sent when both you and the recipient are online.

To transfer a file:

1.	Click the user in your contact list and select File.

2.	Select the file(s) you want to send and click Open. A File Request dialog is displayed.

Note: You can select more than one file by pressing the Shift and Control keys while you select the additional files.

The dialog displays the file name or number of files, and file size. You can enter a description of the files in the Enter File(s) Description field.

3.	Click Send to send the file transfer request. After the recipient has accepted your request, the following dialog is displayed and the file transfer takes place. Closing this dialog before the recipient answers, or clicking Abort will cancel the file transfer.

The following options are available:

•	Speed: Move the slider between 0 and Max to increase or decrease the speed of the file transfer.

•	Skip File: If more than one file is being transferred and you do not wish to send a particular file, click the Skip File button.

•	Abort: Click the Abort button if you want to abort the file transfer. Progress bars indicate the file transfer.

Congratulations on completing your tutorial lesson!

You are now familiar with some of the interesting features of ICQ and can go on to learn more about the program in the HelpFiles, Working with ICQ and Owner’s Preferences .


Using Your Address Book

Your address book is a collection of information about the users in your contact list. It also contains information about those users who have been deleted from your contact list, but still remain in your address book.

Contents of Your Address Book

When a user is added to your contact list, the user is automatically entered in your address book. All the identifying information that each user provided to ICQ upon registration can be viewed in your address book, including the user’s:

•	First and last name, nickname, e-mail address and ICQ #.

•	City, state, zip code, country and the local time.

•	Telephone number, age, gender and home page address.

•	Other information provided by the user.

Additionally, you can enter your own notes about the person in your address book.

To view your address book:

1.	Click the ICQ button and select Address Book. Your address book appears:

An icon appears next to each name listed in your address book.

Icon	Description
	The person is in your contact list.
	The person has been deleted from your contact list, but still remains in the address book.
Users may change the identifying information they provide to ICQ from time to time. Therefore, to be sure that the information you have for a user in your address book is up to date, select the user and click Update. The information in your address book for that user will be updated.

Managing Your Address Book

You can organize the entries in your address book by categorizing and ordering them.

To create categories for address book entries:

1.	Position the cursor at the place in your address book where you want to insert a new folder and select New Folder from the Edit menu. A new folder appears.

2.	You can rename the folder by clicking it, choosing Rename and entering the new name of the folder.

To re-order address book entries or folders:

•	Drag an entry or folder in your address book to the place you want it to appear.

To alphabetize address book entries:

•	Select Sort Alphabetically from the Edit menu. This will automatically sort your address
 book entries into alphabetical order.

Exporting Your Address Book

•	You can export your address book to another file location.

To export your address book:

1.	Select Export Address Book from the File menu. A Save As dialog appears. Choose
a name and a location in which to save the file. All file names and extensions are accepted.
The address book is saved in the new location.

Re-Adding a User to Your Contact List from Your Address Book

If a user was deleted from your contact list but was not deleted from your address book, you can
add the user to your contact list again by clicking on the user’s entry in your address book and
selecting Add to Contact List from the menu.

Managing Your Contact List

The information about users in your contact list can be viewed and changed. Users in your contact
list can be ignored if you do not want to receive messages from them. You can:

•	View more information on users,

•	Rename a user,

•	Delete a user,

•	DND and Away related actions,

•	Send Online Contacts List,

 View More Information on Users

The information a user supplies when registering is available to you when the user is added to your contact list. You can view another ICQ user’s personal details, provided this information was
supplied to ICQ servers upon registration. You can also update a user’s details which will
automatically update the information about that user in your address book.

To view a user’s details:

Click the desired user and select Info. The User Info On: [User] dialog is displayed.

The dialog contains 5 tabs:

•	The Main tab, which displays the users ICQ #, nickname, first and last name, e-mail address
 and Internet protocol address.

•	The Address tab, which displays the user’s address and the local time.

•	The More tab, which displays the user’s home page, telephone number, age and gender.

•	The About tab, which displays any additional notes the user may have added during registration.

•	The My Notes tab, in which you can add any additional notes about the user.

A user may update personal details after registering. If you want to make sure you have a user’s most recent details, click the Update button at the bottom of the dialog.

 Rename

You can change the name of a user that appears in your contact list. This is useful if a user did not supply specific details when registering and appears in your contact list by an ICQ #.

To rename a user in your contact list:

1.	Click the user you wish to rename and select Rename or press F2. The user name is highlighted  and a box appears around it.

2.	Enter the name you wish to allocate to the user and press Enter.

 Delete

Users may be removed from your contact list. You also have the option to remove the user from your address book.

To delete a user from your contact list:

1.	Click the user you wish to delete and select Delete. The following dialog is displayed.

2.	Click Yes to delete the user from your contact list. Make sure the Address Book option is selected if you wish to delete the user from the address book as well. If a user has been deleted from your contact list but still appears in your address book, you can restore the user to your contact list by clicking the user in the address book and
selecting Add to Contact List.


Commuinicating With Other ICQ Users
Communicating With Other ICQ Users

After you have added users to your contact list, you can communicate with them. You can communicate with other ICQ users either by sending them an event or by inviting them to participate in an event.

Sending an event includes, MessagesDirect, Filesdirect, Web Page Address, or Send Contacts from your contact list.

or

Inviting others to participate in a, Chatdirect, PhoneDirect or Internet Phone/Games application.

Sending Events

 MessageDirect , in which you can send a short memo to a user.

 FileDirect , in which you can transfer a file to another online user.

 Send Contact List Online, in which you can send details of ICQ users in your contact list to other ICQ users.

 Web Page Address, in which you can send a user a URL address which can be launched upon receipt,

Inviting Events

 ChatDirect , in which you can chat with a user.

 PhoneDirect, in which you can retrieve an ICQ users telephone number and request to talk over the telephone with the ICQ user.

 External Application (Internet Phone/Games), in which you can send a request to another user to launch a Internet Phone/Games application or another external application utilizing direct user connection.,

MessageDirect, Web Page Address and Send Contacts events can be sent to both online and offline recipients. The following are the possible scenarios for composing and sending messages, a web page address and contacts:

1.	Sender is Online - Recipient is Online. If you compose a message while you are online and send it to a recipient who is also online, the recipient will receive the message in real time. You can send the message later by activating the More button in the Send Message dialog, and checking the Auto send option. The message will then be sent to the outbox and sent to the recipient the next time you are online depending on which of the following two options you select:

a.	Check Offline or Online to send the message to the recipient regardless of his or her status. If the recipient is offline, the message will be sent to the ICQ server. If the recipient is online the message will be sent to him or her directly.

b. 	Check Online only to send the message when both you and the recipient are online.

c. 	Sender is Offline - Recipient status is unavailable (Offline). If you compose a message while you are offline the More button is automatically activated and the Auto send option is checked. The message will be sent to the outbox and sent to the recipient when you go online depending on the option you select as described in a. and b. of 1. above.

2.	Sender is Online - Recipient is Offline. If you compose a message while you are online and send it to a recipient who is offline, the message will be stored in the ICQ server and delivered as soon as the recipient logs on. You can choose to send the message later by activating the More button in the Send Message dialog, as described on page Error! Bookmark not defined., and checking the Auto send option. The message will then be sent to the outbox and sent to the recipient the next time you are online depending on the option you select.

ChatDirect, FileDirect, PhoneDirect and Internet Phone/Games events can be sent to online recipients only. If the recipient is offline, or if you compose the event while you are offline, the event request is stored in the outbox until both you and the recipient are logged on simultaneously

ICQ automatically logs incoming and outgoing events. When an event has been sent, it is stored in the History of Events dialog. You can access this dialog and view a list of all outgoing events..

Note: In addition to these events, ICQ supports web related actions, such as sending e-mail and creating an ICQ-web link.

The Outbox

The outbox can be thought of a storage place for:

•	Requests for events that require two online users, such as chat or file transfer.

•	Events that you have specified be sent to an online recipient only.

•	Events composed while you are offline.

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Events are stored in the outbox until you connect to an ICQ server, unless the event requires an online recipient, or has been marked as such.

You can view events that are stored in the outbox.

To view events in the outbox:

Double-click System in the ICQ window and select the Outbox tab.


icq status options
ICQ Status Icons

The following options are available:

Icon	Status	Description
	Available/Connect	Indicates you are online or enables you to connect, if you are not connected, to an ICQ server. Note that you must first be connected to the Internet to connect with an ICQ server.
	Away	Users will receive a message indicating that you are  away from your computer when they try to send you an event. You can edit this message when you select this option, or you can change the default messages as described in the section on Owner Preferences - The Status Tab. When your screen saver is activated your status will automatically set to Away. You may automatically set your Away status after X number of minutes of not using your computer. See Status tab in Owners Preferences.
	N/A Extended Away	Users will receive a message that you are away for an extended period of time. Messages that are sent to you will blink in your contact list. You may automatically set your N/A status after X number of minutes of not using your computer. See Status tab in Owners Preferences.
	Occupied (Urgent Msgs	You will appear to users as occupied. You will be alerted of incoming messages marked urgent. If a message was sent to your contact list and marked not urgent a non-blinking icon will appear beside the sender’s name. If you do not wish to accept urgent messages change to DND mode.
	DND (Do Not Disturb)	You can change this default in the Status tab as described in the section on Owner Preferences - The Status Tab. Messages will appear in your tray and Contact List without a blinking icon. You can override this status for selected people on your contact list.
	Free For Chat	Users will see your status as an invitation to join your ongoing chat. You can also choose a name for your chat room. You can add another ICQ user to your chat room when you receive his request to join your chat session.
	Privacy (Invisible	You will appear offline to other users. You can send events, and other users will be able to send events to you. When you send an event to another user you will appear in a Privacy  status. You can override this status for selected people on your contact list..
	Offline/Disconnect	Indicates you have disconnected or, if you are connected, enables you to disconnect from the ICQ servers.
There is no need to close ICQ. When you disconnect from the Internet, ICQ automatically disconnects from the ICQ servers, and the ICQ NetDetect Agent icon is displayed in the tray. Each time that ICQ connects to an ICQ server, it will resume its last selected status. For example, if you selected Away when last online, the Away status will be displayed when you logon.

If you want to close ICQ, click the ICQ button and select Shut Down.

Note: ICQ also features a sleep mode for dynamic Internet connections.

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Sending Contacts List Online

Send Contact List Online

You have the option to send contacts from your ICQ contact list to other registered ICQ users.

• To send contacts from your contact list to another user do the following:

1.	In the ICQ Window click on the user that you wish to send a contact item to.

2.	Click on the Contacts tab. The Send Online Contacts dialog is displayed.

3.	From your contact list on the left, select a contact you want to send.

4.	Click the Select button. Your contact appears in the right column Contacts To Send. You can select more contacts to send by repeating step 4.

3.	To remove a contact item from the Contacts to Send List column select the contact and click Remove. The contact has been deleted from the list.

4.	Click the Send button. Your contact item has been sent to the ICQ user you specified.

To send your contacts to a multiple of recipients or when the recipient is Offline:

1.	Click the More button. The Send Online Contacts List dialog extends.

2.	Check the Auto-Send box to send your contacts later when the recipient is either Offline or Online or Online only.

3.	Click the Multiple Recipients button to send your contact item to more than one recipient.

4.	Check the boxes beside the ICQ recipients that you want will receive your contacts and click Send.


To Invite a Chat Request

  To Invite a ChatDirect Request

This section describes how to invite a ChatDirect request.

ChatDirect requests require that both the sender and the recipient be online. You can however compose a ChatDirect request while you are offline. The request will be saved in the outbox until you and the recipient are online.

If you send a ChatDirect request to an offline user, your request will be saved in the outbox and will be sent later when you are both online.

Note: The ChatDirect request is stored in the Outbox until it is sent. Double-click the System button in the ICQ window and select the Outbox tab to view the request. The chat session will begin when the recipient answers your request.

To request a chat:

1.	Click the user in your contact list and select Chat. A Send Chat Request dialog is displayed.

2.	Enter the chat subject and click Chat. The chat session will begin when the requested party answers.

Note: If you want to abort the chat request, click Cancel, or close the Chat Request dialog.

You may invite one or more users to join in the chat session.

To invite a user to join an existing chat session:

1.	Click the user in your contact list and select Chat. A Send Chat Request dialog is displayed, as shown above.

2.	In the Send Chat Request dialog, click the Join Session button and select the name of the chat session to which you want to invite the user.

or

Drag a user from your contact list to the chat window.

If you want to abort the chat request, click Cancel, or close the Chat Request dialog.

When the user accepts your request, the user will be added to your existing chat session.


To Invite A Phone Request

To Invite a Phone Request

You have the option to invite an Online Phone Call Request. The Online Phone Call Request feature will dial a standard digital telephone number for you by use of the ICQ telephone dialer feature. This feature includes options to retrieve and edit telephone numbers in your directory and to search the Internet telephone directories through the Web Guide link.

Before you initiate a Phone Call Request be sure to add your own telephone details to the telephone directory in the Telephone tab. This will allow other ICQ users to contact you.

To send an Online Phone Call Request, do the following:

1.	Click the Online user that you want to call. The ICQ Window is displayed.

2.	In Main ICQ Window, choose the Phone tab and select Phone Call Request. The Send Online Phone Request dialog is displayed.

3.	Choose one of the radio buttons May I Call You or Please Call Me, according to your intention.

4.	Enter a Phone Call Request Subject (Optional).

5.	Choose the location from which you are dialing (example home, office) from the drop-down list. If you have not defined the location from which you are dialing click the Edit/Change my Phone Settings button in the Send Online Phone Request dialog and in the Telephone tab define your location.

6.	Click Send. Your phone request has been sent to your specified ICQ user.

7.	Check Auto Send check box to send your telephone request later when the user is online

To Dial an ICQ user or another Telephone number.

Note: To actually speak to another party, after initiating a phone request you must be in possession of second telephone line and hand set. (This feature does not work with mobile phones)

To dial another ICQ user’s telephone number or any telephone number, do the following:

1.	Click on an ICQ user, choose Phone tab, click Dial user. The Dial To dialog is displayed

2.	From the drop down list select the location of the telephone number that you want to dial   (example, home, office).

3.	If you haven’t retrieved the user’s telephone information yet, do so now, by clicking the Retrieve from User button. This feature will automatically update the phone numbers of the user that you wish to contact.

You can enter manually the telephone number of the user you want to make  contact with.

Telephone numbers that you enter manually will appear in the drop down list with an * beside the location name.

Or

If the user has already entered his/her phone details you can click on the user’s name in your contact list and in the Phone tab select Quick Dial Location. Select the number you wish to dial.

1.	Pick up a phone receiver and place it in front of your computer speakers.

2.	Click the Click to Dial button. The number that you specified will now be dialed. Your  telephone will pick up the tones dialed by the ICQ dialer and automatically dial your specified location.

Add to Reminder

The Add To Reminder feature allows you to coordinate a date and time for launching your telephone call event if you do not wish to call a user now. An ICQ pop-up dialog will appear at the specified time enabling you to launch the event at the click of a button.

To set a date and time to launch your telephone event, do the following:

1.	In the Dial To dialog, click the Add to Reminder button.

2.	The Add To Reminder dialog is displayed.

3.	Set your date and time settings.

4.	Add a description of your call (optional).

5.	Click the Add To Reminder button.

When it is time to make your telephone call or respond to an earlier phone request from another ICQ user the Phone Request Reminder Event dialog will pop-up. You will also receive a flashing icon reminder in your ICQ Window tray.   You now initiate your telephone call event.

The Phone Request Reminder Event dialog is displayed:

6.	Click OK to return to the Dialing To dialog.

Change or Update a user’s Telephone number.

1.	In the Dial To dialog, click the Enter Manually button. (This feature is also available through the Edit Phone Numbers tab). The Phone Details dialog is displayed.

2.	Click the Update from User button to automatically update a users phone numbers when you are online.

       Or

3.	Enter the new details manually into the field boxes (location, phone number, country).Click Save. The user’s new telephone contact details have been saved.


To Invite a Phone/Game Request (External Application)

 To Invite an Internet Phone/Game Request

This section describes how to send a Internet Phone/Game request.

ICQ is perfect for launching Internet Phone applications, or any other external application utilizing direct user connection.

ICQ automatically recognizes most popular external applications such as VocalTec™ and VDOPhone™. ICQ may be configured to accommodate just about any external application.

A Internet Phone/games request can only be sent when both you and the recipient are online. If you compose a request when either you or the recipient is offline, the request will be saved in your outbox and will be sent when both you and the recipient are online.

Note: The request is stored in the Outbox until it is sent. Double-click the System button in the ICQ window and select the Outbox tab to view the request.

To send a Internet Phone/Games request:

1.	Click the user in your contact list and select Internet Phone/Games. A list of the applications installed on your computer appears. Select an application.  A Send Phone/Game Request dialog is displayed:

2.	Enter a subject for the request.

3.	Click Send. If the recipient is offline, the request will be stored in your outbox until the recipient logs on.

ICQ supports many external applications, and the list is growing! Access Mirabilis at www.mirabilis.com for a complete list of external programs supported by ICQ, including download links.

You can also view a list of external applications supported by ICQ and download them from within ICQ, as described in the following paragraph. For more details about adding and configuring external applications refer to the Internet Phone/Games tab.

To download an external application supported by ICQ:

1.	Click a user and select Internet Phone/Games.

2.	Select View - List Download.

3.	Select the application you want to download and Click Go to Product Home Page.


Sending ICQ To A Friend

You can send the ICQ program to any friend or associate who has an e-mail address. This option is similar to adding someone to your contact list using the Future Users Watch option from the ICQ menu,

To send ICQ to a friend:

Click the System button in the ICQ window and select Send ICQ Program To from the list.

The following options are available:

•	Enter the user’s e-mail address and click Send to send the user a message from the ICQ server with an invitation to download ICQ.

•	Include a personalized message by clicking the Add a personal message button and composing your message.

Specify that the user will appear in your ICQ window under Future Users Watch and that you will be notified when the user registers with the ICQ server.


User Notifications

Away, N/A (Extended Away),Occupied (Urgent Msgs), and DND (Do Not Disturb) Related Actions.

The following Away, N/A (Extended Away), Occupied (Urgent Msgs), and DND (Do Not Disturb) related actions are available:

•	When a user is in Away, N/A, Occupied or DND modes, you can view the user’s message that indicates his or her availability.

•	You can mark a message to a user in Occupied, mode as urgent which will override this mode. The ICQ user will be notified of your urgent message by a non-flashing icon.

You can send the user a notification of your message which will be displayed in his or her contact list.


Sending A Web Page Address

 Sending a Web Page Address Message

This section describes how to send a Web Page Address request.

A Web Page Address message is a way to send URL addresses to other users. When a Web Page Address message is received, the URL address can be launched in the recipient's browser. There is also an option to save the address as a bookmark.

Web Page Address messages, like MessageDirect , can be sent to online or offline recipients. A message sent to an offline user is stored in the ICQ servers and delivered as soon as the user logs on. There is also an option to store the message in your outbox and send it directly to the recipient only when the recipient logs on.

A Web Page Address event composed offline is stored in your outbox. The message will then be sent when you logon unless you choose to send the message only when the recipient logs on.

Note: The Web Page Address request is stored in the Outbox until it is sent. Double-click the System button in the ICQ window and select the Outbox tab to view the request.

To send a Web Page Address

1.	Click the user and select Web Page Address. A Send URL Message dialog is displayed.

Note: The Auto-Send options at the bottom of the dialog are automatically displayed when you compose a message offline. Click More to display the options when you are composing an online message.

2.	Enter the Web Page Address you wish to send in the Select / Enter URL field. Automatically it will place the Web Page Address that your web browser is currently open on or you can choose another web address from you browser history list in the drop down list. Enter a description for the Web Page Address in the Enter URL Description field.

3.	(Optional) If you are currently offline, or disconnected from the ICQ server, the message will be stored in your outbox and sent when you reconnect. Select Online Only if you want to send the Web Page Address only if the recipient is online.

If you are online but the recipient is offline, select Online Only if you want to send the message only when the recipient logs on.

4.	If you wish to send your Web Page Address to several recipients, click the Multiple Recipients button to display a list of the users in your contact list, and select those users to whom you want to send the message.

5.	Click Send to send the Web Page Address. If you are offline: your message will be saved in the outbox and will be sent when you connect to the ICQ server.


Responding To Incoming Events

Each incoming event is represented by a unique icon and sound. The icon will flash next to the name of the sender in the ICQ window and in the tray area of your desktop. For example, if John Doe sends you a chat request, the Chat icon [image] will flash next to John Doe's name in the ICQ window and in the tray area of your desktop.

Each incoming event has its own unique sound that will be played when the event is received. These sounds can either be default ICQ sounds which can be configured in the Events tab of the Owner Preferences for [user] dialog, or you have the option to configure special sounds for each individual user in your contact list as described in Sound Configurations,

The Incoming Events Response dialog

Incoming events are displayed in a generic Incoming Events Response dialog. The dialog displays the name of the sender, the date and the time. If you have received more than one incoming event from the same user, click the Read Next button in the dialog to display the next message. A different Incoming Events Response dialog is received for each user.

You can determine preferences for each type of the following incoming events,

:

•	ICQ Chat

•	Web Page Address

•	File Transfer

•	Internet Phone/Games/Chat

ICQ automatically logs incoming and outgoing events. After an event has been received, it is stored on your computer. You can view a list of all incoming events in the History of Events dialog for more details about logged events,

The following incoming events are supported by ICQ:

 MessageDirect, in which you receive a short memo from another user.

 FileDirect, in which you can receive a file from another online user.

 Web Page Address, in which you can receive a Web Page Address bookmark sent to you by another user.

 ChatDirect, in which you may accept and participate in a chat session from another user, and invite other users to join in.

 PhoneDirect in which you can receive a request from another ICQ user to speak over the telephone.

 External Application (Internet Phone/Games), in which you can receive a request from another user to launch a Internet Phone application or another external application utilizing direct user connection.

 System , in which you receive messages from the ICQ network.


Responding To A  MessageDirect

 Responding to a MessageDirect

This section describes how to respond to a MessageDirect event.

A MessageDirect event can be sent regardless of the recipient’s status, meaning that the recipient may be online or offline. If you are online when a user sends you a message, you will receive the message immediately. If you are offline, the message will be stored on the ICQ servers until you log in and receive it.(Unless the sender specified that the message be sent only when you are online).

You are notified of an incoming message by a unique incoming MessageDirect sound and by a flashing MessageDirect icon [image]. The icon will flash in the tray area of your desktop and next to the sender in your contact list.

To read a MessageDirect:

1.	Double-click the flashing MessageDirect icon [image] in the tray area of your desktop or next to the sender,

or

Click the user and choose Receive from the pop-up menu. The Incoming Message dialog is displayed.

The dialog displays the name of the sender, the sender’s e-mail address, and ICQ #, and the date and time. The message appears in the Message field.

The following options are available:

Reply 	Opens a new message dialog in which you can respond to the sender.

Forward 	Forwards the message to another user’s of your choice.

Message Dialog	Displays a history of the messages sent between you and the sender.

Request Chat 	Sends a chat request to the sender of the message. (This is only enabled if the sender is currently online.)

Close	Closes the dialog.

Read Next	Displays the next incoming event.

 	Click on the ICQ face icon in the top right hand corner of the dialog box to retrieve information on the ICQ user.


Responding To A  FileDirect Request

 Responding to a FileDirect Request

This section describes how to respond to a FileDirect event.

To Auto Accept a file from an ICQ user check Auto Receive File in the Alert/Accept modes tab.

File transfer can only take place when both the sender and the recipient are online.

You are notified of an incoming file transfer request by a unique FileDirect sound and by a flashing FileDirect icon [image]. The icon flashes in the tray area of your desktop and next to the sender in your contact list,

Warning: Sending and receiving a file in ICQ is exactly like sending an attached file by e-mail, FTP, or any other form of file transfer. Users should be careful when opening files sent by unknown users. We strongly recommend you refuse file transfer requests from users you do not know.

To respond to a FileDirect request:

1.	Double-click the flashing FileDirect icon [image] in the tray area of your desktop, or next to the sender,

or

Click the user and choose Receive from the pop-up menu. an Incoming File Request dialog is displayed:

The dialog displays the file name or number of files, the total file(s) size, and a description of the files if one was entered.

2.	You can choose to accept the file transfer request or refuse the request:

•	To accept the file transfer request:

Click Save to start transferring the file(s). The files will be saved in the ICQ default location: C:\Program Files\ICQ\Received Files\User’s Name. When you receive a file from another user his name will be bolded in your contact list. See Accept tab Owners Preferences,

or

Click Save as and select a location if you want to save the files under a different location.

The following options are available:

•	Speed: Move the slider between 0 and Max to increase or decrease the speed of the file transfer. The default is Max.

•	Skip File: If more than one file is being transferred and you do not wish to accept a particular file, click the Skip File button.

•	Abort: Click the Abort button if you want to abort the file transfer.

Progress bars indicate the file transfer. When the file(s) have been transferred, a dialog is displayed informing you that the transfer was successful.

To open the received file, click Open or click Goto Dir, to view the folder in the Windows Explorer.

or

Click the system button and select the Incoming Files Folders tab to view the file that
you received in the Received Files Folder.

• Tip: To view your incoming files: Click the System button and select Incoming Files
           Folder from the menu. Your Received Files window appears

To refuse the file request:

•	Click decline to refuse the file transfer request. A pop-up menu is displayed in which you can choose from one of the following responses. The response is sent directly to the sender.

Decline- without giving a reason.

Decline - “Sorry, but I am busy right now. Can’t respond to your request.”

Decline- “Sorry, but I am busy right now – I will send you a request when I’m done.”

Away - reply with an away message (Selecting this option will open a dialog displaying the Away status message.

Enter your reason to decline (Selecting this option will send a dialog in which you can enter your own reason for declining the request.)

File Transfer Recovery

If a file was not transferred successfully, for example, if the phone line disconnected during the file transfer, you can continue downloading, receiving, or sending the file from the point at which the transfer had been aborted

.

To recover a file transfer:

1.	Ask the sender to resend the file(s).

2.	Click Resume. This recovers the file transfer and starts to transfer the file from the breaking point and not from the beginning. If you have more than one file, you can click Resume All.

The following options are also available:

Replace (or Replace All): Click to transfer a file (or files) from the beginning.

Skip (or Skip All): Click so that the displayed file (or files) is not transferred.

Abort: Click to cancel the file transfer.


Responding to  A Web Page Address

 Responding to a Web Page Address

This section describes how to respond to a Web Page Address.

A Web Page Address message contains a link to a web page. You can launch the Web Page Address through your browser. You can also save it as a bookmark.

You are notified of an incoming Web Page Address event by a unique Web Page Address sound and by a flashing Web Page Address icon [image]. The icon will flash in the tray area of your desktop and next to the sender in your contact list. If you have previously selected the Auto Add URL tab in the Alert/Accept Modes tab, then the Web Page Address that you are sent will be automatically saved in your Bookmarks file and the ICQ user’s name that sent you the Web Page Address will appear in bold in your contact list. To configure your preferences for Responding to A Web Page Address see the Events tab , Owner’s Preferences,

To respond to a Web Page Address request:

1.	Double-click the flashing icon [image] in the tray area of your desktop, or next to the sender,

or

Click the user and choose Receive from the pop-up menu. An Incoming URL Message dialog is displayed:

The dialog displays the web page address and a short description of the web page if one was entered.

The following options are available:

•	Reply: This opens the Send Online Message dialog if you wish to reply.

•	Forward: This allows to forward the web page address that you received to another ICQ user.

•	Go to URL :Opens the web page in your default Web browser.

•	Add To Bookmark: Adds the web page address to your Netscape Navigator™ bookmarks or MS Internet Explorer™ favorites. If your Web browser is MS Internet Explorer™, your incoming bookmarks are saved in a folder called From ICQ.

•	Read Next: (If enabled) displays the next incoming message.

•	 Close: Closes the dialog.

Note: ICQ is compatible with any Web browser. ICQ saves your web page addresses in a file called Bookmarks.html under C:\Program Files\ICQ\Bookmark. If you have neither Netscape Navigator™ nor MS Internet Explorer™, open this file in your browser and add it to your bookmarks. If you do have MS Internet Explorer™, the incoming URL will also be added under Program Files\ICQ Book\Bookmark\Bookmarks.html

To view your incoming bookmarks:

•	Click the System button and select Incoming Bookmarks from the menu. Your Web browser is launched, and your bookmarks page appears.


Responding To A ChatDirect Request

 Responding to a ChatDirect Request

This section describes how to respond to a ChatDirect event.

You are notified of an incoming chat request by a unique incoming ChatDirect sound and by a flashing ChatDirect request icon [image]. The icon will flash in the tray area of your desktop and next to the sender in your contact list.

There are two types of chat requests:

•	Regular chat request, in which a user wants to chat with you.

•	Multiple chat request, in which a user wants you to join a chat session already in progress.

To respond to a chat request:

1.	Double-click the flashing Chat icon [image] in the tray area of your desktop or next to the sender,

or

Click the user and choose Receive from the pop-up menu. The Incoming Chat Request dialog is displayed:

2.	You can choose to accept the chat request or refuse:

•	To accept the chat request:

Click Accept to start the chat session. A chat session dialog is displayed and you may begin the chat session.

If there is a delay of more than a few minutes, the sender has either canceled the request or is unavailable.

•	To refuse the chat request:

Click Do Not Accept if you do not want to participate in the chat session. A pop-up menu is displayed in which you can choose from the following responses. The response is sent directly to the sender.

Decline - without giving a reason.

Decline - “Sorry, but I am busy right now. Can’t respond to your request.”

Decline - “Sorry, but I am busy right now – I will send you a request when I’m done.”

Away - reply with an away message (Selecting this option will open a dialog displaying the Away status message.

Enter a reason to decline (Selecting this option will open a dialog in which you can enter your own reason for declining the request.)

If you are already involved in another chat session, the user may participate in your current chat session (provided that the user has requested a regular chat). Two multiple chat sessions cannot be combined.

To add a user to a chat already in session:

1.	Click Add to Session on the Incoming Chat Request dialog.

2.	Select Chat session name from the pop-up menu. The user is added to your existing chat session.

Or

Drag and drop the user from your contact list into your chat window.

See: Chatting With Other ICQ Users


Chatting With Other ICQ Users

 Chatting with Other Users

This section describes how to chat once you have accepted a ChatDirect request or once the recipient of your ChatDirect request has accepted your chat request.

When a ChatDirect request is accepted, a chat dialog is displayed for both the sender and recipient of the ChatDirect request:

Note: This is the default chat style for the chat dialog

The chat dialog is divided into two sections:

•	The upper section, in which you type your chat text. The words, My Chat view, are displayed at the top of this section of the dialog, indicating that this is where you type your text.

•	The lower section, in which chat text received from your chat partners is displayed. Each person participating in the chat session will have his or her own “window” in which you receive text that he or she types. Your chat partner’s name is displayed in the name bar at the top of his or her window for easy identification.

In order to chat with a chat partner, you type text in your window. Your text is almost immediately received by your chat partner. And vice versa, your chat partner types text in his or her window and you receive it in yours.

Note: When you type text in your chat window in the default chat style (split style), the text appears on your chat partner’s screen almost immediately. You do not have to press Enter for your chat partner to view what you are typing, as you do if you are using the IRC style.

The chat dialog, also contains the following:

♦	Menu bar, at the top of the chat dialog, from which you can access the following menus:

♦	The File menu enables you to inform users when you are away, clear text from the chat dialog, save a chat as a text file and remove a chat partner from a chat session.

♦	The Edit menu enables you to copy and paste text.

♦	The Layout menu enables you to change the size and layout of the chat dialog, change to an IRC style chat, display/hide the chat dialog’s tool bar and name bars, and display the chat dialog as the uppermost window on your screen at all times.

♦	The Display menu enables you to specify the chat dialog’s text and background color, text font, and user auto color which gives each user a different color in IRC chat style.

♦	The Other menu enables you to page and be paged by chat partners by means of a beep sound and to move into sleep mode which minimizes your chat window until your partner types on his or her keyboard.

♦	The Toolbar, below the menu bar at the top of the chat dialog, containing standard Word font options, as well as buttons which enable you to minimize the chat dialog, override the current format and specify text and background color.

The Menu Bar

The menu bar in the chat dialog access to the following menus:

•	The File menu,

•	The Edit menu,

•	The Layout menu,.

•	The Display menu,

•	The Other menu,.

File Menu

The following File menu options are available:

•	Send Focus: Informs users when you are away. If this option is checked, other users will be given an indication that your chat dialog is minimized and you are not reading the chat message. If this option is not checked when you minimize your chat dialog, your chat partner will assume that you are reading his or her chat message and will not know that your chat dialog is minimized.

•	Clear Buffer: Clears the displayed text from the chat windows.

•	Log on: Specifies that the chat will be saved as a text file. If you select this option in advance of your chat, the entire chat, from start to finish, will be saved. Selecting this option opens a Save As dialog in which you specify the file to which you want to save the chat.

•	Save Buffer: Saves the current chat as a text file. Selecting this option enables you to save only what is currently displayed in the chat windows. Selecting this option opens a Save As dialog in which you specify the file to which you want to save the chat.

•	Kick User: Removes a selected chat partner from your chat session as a result of a majority vote.

Edit Menu

The following Edit menu options are available:

•	Copy: Copies the current selected text to the clipboard.

•	Paste: Pastes the clipboard text to your chat dialog.

Layout Menu

The following Layout menu options are available:

Reset: Resets the window sizes in the chat dialog to the default settings.

Vertical: Changes the layout of the windows in the chat dialog from the current layout to vertical layout, meaning that the windows are displayed side by side.

Horizontal: Changes the layout of the windows in the chat dialog from the current layout to horizontal layout, meaning that each chat window is displayed below the other.

Split: Changes the layout of the windows in the chat dialog from the current layout to a vertically tiled layout.

IRC Style: Changes the chat layout to the standard IRC style which displays the text of the conversation in the order that it was entered and presents the name of the person who is communicating next to that person's entered text.

Note: Once a chat consists of seven or more people, the chat session will automatically be displayed in IRC style.

Tool Bar: Selects/deselects the option to display the tool bar.

Name Bars: Selects/deselects the option to display the name bars.

Always on top: Selects/deselects the option to keep the chat dialog displayed on top of all other open applications.

Note: You may use any chat layout, regardless of the layouts that your chat partners may be using.

Display Menu

The following Display menu options are available:

Color: Specifies the color of the text you type into your chat dialog that you and your chat partners will view.

Back Color: Specifies the background color of the window in which you type text. In your chat partner’s chat dialog, your window in which he or she views your text, will have this background color.

Font: Specifies a font for text in your chat dialog. The text in your chat partners’ chat dialogs will not be affected by your font selection, meaning that their text font may be different from yours.

Auto Color: Assigns a different color to each user in an IRC style of chat. This option overrides each user's color selection.

Override Format: Assigns your font and color settings to your view of your partner’s chat window.

Other Menu

The following Other menu options are available:

Enable Sounds: Enables the Chat Beep to sound. This sound can be configured in the Events tab of the Owner Preferences for [user] dialog.

Beep Users: Pages all the other users in the chat by playing the Chat Beep sound.

Sleep: Minimizes the chat dialog until your chat partner types something to you or until you type Control/S keys.

• Tip: A quick way to beep another user in order to get his or her attention is to press
         the Control/G keys.
• Tip: Type Control+S to minimize your chat dialog.

Help Menu

About: Displays version information about ICQ ChatDirect.

Index: Online help for working with ICQ ChatDirect


Responding To A PhoneDirect Request

Responding to A PhoneDirect Request

This section describes how you respond to a PhoneDirect request from another ICQ user who wants to update your telephone numbers in his/her directory and how to respond to a phone call request for one of you to initiate a phone call.

Responding to an Incoming Phone Information request.

You respond to a phone information request only if you have previously clicked the radio button “user must have my approval to retrieve my settings” in the Telephone tab in Owner’s Preferences.

When you are sent a request for phone information by another ICQ user, click the flashing telephone icon beside the users name and click Receive. The Incoming Phone Number dialog pop-up is displayed

Place a check mark in the boxes of the phone numbers which you want to send the ICQ user. Click the Send Phone Details button.

1.	If you do not want to send the ICQ user to receive your telephone details click the Decline button.

2.	Click Close to exit from this feature.

Responding to an incoming Phone call request

When you receive a phone call request from another ICQ user a flashing telephone icon will appear beside the users name.

1.	Click on the telephone icon beside the user name and click Receive. The Incoming Phone Request dialog is displayed:

In the Response Action section of the dialog you have three options:

•	I will call you

•	Please call me

•	Other

2.	Decide if you want to make your telephone contact now or later or click the radio button Other to send a pre-defined message or you can type a different message into the field box.

3.	Click the Add to Reminder check box if  you wish to receive a reminder and your response is “I will call you” in X number of minutes has been specified before you make the call. Click Send. A Phone Request Reply dialog is displayed to the other ICQ user:

The user has three options:

♦	Add to Reminder This feature becomes active only when the reply is “Please call me in” and X number of minutes have been specified by the user. Otherwise this feature will remain ghosted.

♦	Dial User, This automatically opens the Dialing To dialog.

♦	Click OK, the user will accept the message that you have sent and close the dialog.


Responding To An Internet Phone/Game Request (External Application)

This section describes how to respond to an Internet Phone/Game request.

An Internet Phone/Game request will launch an external application. ICQ supports a number of external applications which can be accessed via ICQ and downloaded. It necessary that the external application that you wish to launch is also existing on the computer of the other user.

This type of request can only take place when both the sender and the recipient are online at the same time.

You are notified of an incoming external event by a unique Internet Phone/Game Request sound and a flashing Internet Phone/Game icon [image]. The icon will flash in the tray area of your desktop and next to the sender in your contact list.

To respond to a Internet Phone/Game request:

•	Double-click the flashing Internet Phone/Game icon [image] in the tray area of your desktop, or next to the sender,

or

Click the user and choose Receive from the pop-up menu. An Incoming Internet Phone/Data Request dialog is displayed.

The dialog displays the name of the external program, for example, Microsoft NetMeeting™.

Ordinarily, ICQ recognizes the location of the Internet Phone/game application in your computer. If ICQ cannot locate the location of your external program, it will show a default location. Make sure the location of the program is correct. If not, you can enter the location of your external program by typing it in the dialog box or by browsing the hard disk for the possible locations. These settings will be saved.

The following response actions are available

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Do Not Accept 	Select this option to refuse the external application event. A pop-up menu is displayed in which you can choose from one of the following responses. The response is sent directly to the sender.

Decline - without giving a reason.

Decline - “Sorry, but I am busy right now. Can’t respond to your request.”

Decline - “Sorry, but I am busy right now – I will send you a request when I’m done.”

Away - reply with an away message (Selecting this option will send a dialog displaying the Away status message.

Enter a reason to decline (Selecting this option will open a dialog in which you can enter your own reason for declining the request.)

I Don't Have It 	Select this option if the Accept button is disabled. This means that the program is not installed on your computer. The sender will be notified that you do not have the program.

Accept -Accepts the request and launches the Internet Phone/game application.


Responding To A System Message

 Responding to a System Message

System messages are messages sent by the ICQ network to update you on server information and ICQ news.

You are notified of an incoming system message by a flashing message icon [image]. The icon will flash in the tray area of your desktop and in the system area of ICQ. You will also hear the unique incoming system message sound.

After you have viewed the message, it is saved in the History of Events of the ICQ Server. Double-click the System button in the ICQ window to view a log of the messages sent to you by the system.

To respond to a System Message:

Double-click the flashing System icon [image] in the tray area of your desktop, or next to the System button in the ICQ window,

or

Click the System button in the ICQ window and choose Receive from the pop-up menu.

Following are the different types of System messages:

Authorize User Request	Requests permission from a user to add you to the user’s contact list.
Authorize User Reply Message	Informs you of the reply to your request to add the user to your contact list. A flashing icon appears in your Waiting Authorization section of the ICQ Window.
Notify Message	Notifies you when a specified user has registered. These users are displayed in the Future Users Watch section in the ICQ window.
You Were Added	Informs you that you have been added to a user’s contact list.
Automatically Add to List Request	Requests a user to automatically add you to the user’s contact list.
Server Message	Displays messages generated by the ICQ servers.
Network Status	Launches the View Network Status window in your default browser, in which you can check information about the ICQ network status, if ICQ cannot establish connection to an ICQ server.


The Chat Toolbar

The Chat Toolbar

The chat dialog, contains four buttons, described below, and standard Word font settings.

Sleep: Minimizes your chat dialog until your chat partner types something to you.

Override format: Assigns your font and color settings to your view of your partner’s chat window.

Background Color: Specifies the background color of the window in which you type text (the upper section of your chat dialog). In your chat partner’s chat dialog, your window in which he or she views your text, will have this background color.

Color: Specifies the color of the text you type into your chat dialog that you and your chat partners will view.

Viewing Your Chat Partners’ Messages

When a person participating in your chat session types text, it is displayed in his or her own window. You can view the text your chat partner enters almost immediately after it has been entered. Three buttons, described below, are displayed in your chat partner's name bar, just above his or her chat window in your chat dialog.

Menu: Opens an ICQ menu that enables you to send an event, including an e-mail, to your chat partner or to view his or her Home Page or user details.

Freeze: Choosing this option temporarily halts the receipt of incoming conversation so that you can copy the desired text to the clipboard.

Note: Be sure to deselect this option as soon as you are finished copying text in order to view what your chat partner has written to you while you were in Freeze mode.

Clear: Deletes all text entered in your chat partner’s dialog.

If your chat partner's chat dialog is not active, that person's name bar on your screen indicates that he or she is away.

Note: For LAN users once you are in a chat, you and/or your chat partner can disconnect from the Internet. This is especially useful if you are having trouble with your Internet Service Provider.

IRC (Internet Relay Chat) Style

The IRC style is a commonly used form of chat dialog which displays the text of the conversation in the order that it was entered and shows each person’s name next to that person's entered text.

Once a chat consists of seven or more people, the chat session will automatically be displayed in IRC style.

To display your chat in IRC style, choose IRC Style from the Layout menu. For a chat session with seven or more users, only the IRC style is available.

Note: You may use any layout for your chat dialog, regardless of the layouts that your chat partners may be using.

Kicking a User from a Multiple Chat

When a user wants to kick another user from a chat he/she can initiate a kick user vote. The other partners in the chat will receive a kick user vote message. If the majority of the users confirm the request, the user will then be kicked off the chat

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To kick a user:

1.	Select Kick User from the File menu. The ChatDirect Session - Kick User dialog is displayed:

2.	Double-click the user you want to kick from the chat.

3.	Confirm your request. The other users in the chat will receive a dialog in which they can confirm their request. The ChatDirect Session - Kick User dialog will then reflect the users’ choice, as shown below. The user will be kicked off the chat when the majority of the chat partners confirm the kick request.


ICQ Global Alert Modes

ICQ Global Alerts Mode

This feature enables you to be notified with a popup dialog and sound alert for incoming events when a specified user goes online or if he/she is already online and to automatically display the ICQ menu when a specified user sends you an event.

To configure sounds for incoming events from a user:

•	Click the user, select Sound Events from the displayed menu and configure your sounds for incoming events per user in your contact list.

To receive an online alert for a user:

•	Click the user, select Alert/Accept Modes from the displayed menu and select Online Alert from the popup menu. When the user goes online, ICQ will notify you with a popup dialog and sound alert that you have preciously configured.

To receive a popup when a user sends you a message:

•	Click the user, select Alert/Accept Modes from the displayed menu and select Contact List Popup from the popup menu. When the user sends you an event, the ICQ window will automatically pop up on your screen.


ICQ Auto Accept Modes

ICQ Auto Accept Mode

This feature enables you to automatically accept specified types of events from selected users and to receive events from selected users even when you are in a privacy connection status.

To automatically accept a chat request from a user:

•	Click the user, select Alert/Accept Modes from the displayed menu and select Auto Accept Chat from the popup menu. When the user sends you a Chat request, it will automatically be accepted and a Chat session will open. The user’s name appears in bold in your ICQ Window.

To automatically add a Web Page Address from a user:

•	Click the user, select Alert/Accept Modes from the displayed menu and select Auto Add URL from the popup menu. When the user sends you a Web Page Address, it will automatically be added to your bookmarks. If you are using Internet Explorer™ you can open the Web Page Address by clicking on the System button, select Incoming Bookmarks. The ICQ user that has sent you the Web Page Address appears in bold in your ICQ Window.

To automatically accept a file from a user:

•	Click the user, select Alert/Accept Modes from the displayed menu and select Auto Receive File from the popup menu. When the user sends you a file transfer request, it will automatically be accepted and a File Transfer Session will be initiated. The user’s name appears in bold in your ICQ Window.

To enable a user to override your DND status:

•	Click the user, select Alert/Accept Modes from the displayed menu and select Accept In DND from the popup menu. All events from the user will be accepted, even when you are in DND mode.

To enable a user to override your Away status:

•	Click the user, select Alert/Accept Modes from the displayed menu and select Accept In Away from the popup menu. All events from the user will be accepted, even when you are in Away mode.

To enable a user to override your N/A status:

•	Click the user, select Alert/Accept Modes from the displayed menu and select Accept In N/A from the popup menu. All events from the user will be accepted, even when you are in N/A mode.

To enable a user to override your Occupied status:

•	Click the user, select Alert/Accept Modes from the displayed menu and select Accept In Occupied from the popup menu. All events from the user will be accepted, even when you are in Occupied mode.


History Of Events

 History of Events

All incoming and outgoing events are logged for subsequent retrieval. The events are transferred to a log file, called a history of events. Each user on your contact list has an individual history of messages, described more fully in the following section, in which you can view the messages the user sent to you and the messages you sent to the user. By clicking on the body of an incoming message you also have options such as copy, forward, reply. Similarly, when the ICQ server sends you a message, it is logged for subsequent retrieval in a history of events file for the ICQ server

You can configure or disable this function in the Accept tab of the Owner Preferences dialog,

History of Events for People in Your Contact List

ICQ automatically logs all incoming and outgoing events for each person in your contact list.

To view a user's history of events:

•	Click the user and select View Messages History, A History Events Of: [user] dialog is displayed:

The History Event Of: [user] dialog has three tabs:

•	The Incoming tab, which displays a list of those events received from the user. Double-click on an event to display all its details.

•	The Outgoing tab, which displays a list of the events sent by you to the user. Double-click on an event to display all its details.

•	The MessageDialog tab, in which events between you and another user are displayed in chronological order

The following options are available in the History Events Of:[user] dialog:

Close 	Closes the dialog.

Display last event first	Displays the last event first (incoming or outgoing).

Find	Allows you to search all the messages for specified text. Available only when the MessageDialog tab is displayed.

Save As 	Saves the incoming and outgoing events in simple text format. The file can then be viewed in any text editor, such as Notepad.

Delete            	Click on an event and select Delete to remove the event from the log file.

Delete All 	Removes all the events from the log file.

Reply/Forward/Copy	Click inside the body of a message, to reply, forward or copy your message
View URL/Add to Bookmark	Click inside body of Web Page Address to view an URL or add it to your bookmark list
Show Saved Directory	Click inside the body of the received file to show where the file has been saved.


History Of Events For The System

History of Events for the System

ICQ automatically logs all incoming and outgoing events for the ICQ server.

To view the system history of events:

•	Click the System button in the ICQ window and select History and OutBox.The History Of Events: The ICQ Server dialog is displayed:

The History Of Events: The ICQ Server dialog has five tabs:

•	The System tab, which displays a list of those events received from the ICQ server. Double-click on an event to display all its details.

•	The WWPager tab, which displays a list of the WWPager messages sent to you. Double-click on an event to display all its details.

•	The E-mail Express tab, which displays a list of the E-mail Express messages sent to you. Double-click on an event to display all its details.

•	The Outbox tab, in which the events that you sent while you were offline or to users who were offline at the time you sent them are stored. Events are stored in the outbox until you connect to an ICQ server, unless the event requires an online recipient.

•	The Reminder tab, applies only to the Telephone feature. The reminder tab displays a list of reminders either for telephone events previously executed or for telephone events that you wish to initiate in the future.

•	Double-click on a message to get a dialog to display the contents of that message.

The following options are available in the History Of Events: The ICQ Server dialog:

Close 	Closes the dialog.

Display last event first	Displays the last event first (incoming or outgoing). This option allows you to choose in which order you would like to view your events.

Save As 	Saves the incoming and outgoing events in simple text format. The file can then be viewed in any text editor, such as, Notepad.

Delete 	Click on an event and select Delete to remove the event from the log file.

Delete All 	Removes all the events from the log file.


Owner's Prefernces
Owner's Preferences

Owner Preferences

You can configure ICQ features as described below:

To configure ICQ:

1.	Click on the ICQ icon and select Preferences. The Owner Prefs for [user] dialog is displayed.

The dialog contains 11 tabs:

•	The Contact List tab : Enables you to specify colors and options for your contact list.

•	The Events tab : Enables you to specify parameters for incoming events and to configure sounds.

•	The Status tab: Enables you to specify connection status options and Away, DND. N/A, Occupied, Free For Chat messages.

•	The Accept tab,: Enables you to determine a location for incoming files, whether you wish to receive externals, servers, and net tip updates, and if you wish to log event history.

•	The E-mail tab,: Enables you to determine your e-mail client configuration to work with ICQ.

•	The Check E-mail tab : Enables you to determine settings for ICQ to check for incoming e-mail.

•	The Internet Phone/Games tab: Enables you to add new external applications to ICQ and to configure or remove existing applications.

•	The Servers tab : Enables you to specify the ICQ server to which you are connected.

•	The Connection tab ,: Enables you to specify your Internet connection type, your ICQ connection upon startup and what ICQ will do when you disconnect from the Internet.

•	The Random Chat tab  : Allows you to initiate and be available for random chat with other ICQ users.

•	The Telephone tab : Enables you to configure your telephone settings, location, number and telephone dialer.

2.	Click OK to save your settings.

3.	(Optional) Click Restore ICQ Defaults to restore the settings to the original ICQ parameters.

Note: Clicking Restore ICQ Defaults will revert all the settings you configured in each of the dialogs to the ICQ default.


The Contacts List Tab

The Contact List Tab

The Contact List tab enables you to specify colors and options for your contact list.

The following options are available:

Contact List Colors

Specifies colors for the following:

•	Online

•	Offline

•	Authorize

•	Future Users

•	Not in List

•	Background

Contact List Options

•	Sort list alphabetically: Sorts the contact list in alphabetical order.

•	Always on Top: Checking this option allows the ICQ window to remain on top at all times.

•	Popup Contact list upon incoming event: When this option is checked, the ICQ window will automatically pop up upon receiving an incoming event.

•	Make “Floating Users” always on Top: Floating users will remain on top of all applications.

•	Blink in tray only when minimized: Checking this option makes an incoming event icon blink in the tray area of your desktop only when the ICQ window is minimized.

•	Show Online Only tab in Contact List: Selecting this option will add two tabs to the top of the ICQ window, the All tab and the Online Only tab. You can then choose to display all the users in your contact list or online users only.

•	Move last user that sent an event to the top of the contact list: The sender of the last event will appear at the top of the contact list.

•	Auto Hide Delay: When this option is selected, ICQ will automatically minimize itself after an interval when not in use. (Thirty seconds is the ICQ interval default).

•	Remove buttons from ICQ Main Window: Select this option to remove the ICQ Web Guide button and the Advanced/Simple Mode button from the ICQ Main window.

•	Access Menu By Left Button: Select this option to customize your user menu selection access.


The Events Tab

The Events Tab

The Events tab enables you to specify parameters for incoming events. First you must select the event that you want to configure in the Select Event to Configure drop down list.

The following options are available:

On File Transfer

•	Show File Request Response dialog: The Incoming File Request dialog is displayed when a File Request event is received. You may then accept or refuse the request.

•	Auto receive files (and minimize) All incoming File Requests are received automatically. You may also choose to automatically minimize the File Transfer dialog as it is displayed.

•	Auto decline: All incoming File Requests are automatically refused.

•	Always overwrite existing files: New files arriving will overwrite existing files in your folder.

•	Auto decline from people not on my contact List: Files arriving from people not on your contact list will be refused.

On Web Page Address Messages

•	Show Web Page Address Response dialog: The Incoming Message dialog is displayed when a Web Page Address event is received. You may then save the Web Page Address to a bookmark and open the Web Page Address in your browser.

•	Auto add Web Page Address to bookmarks: The Web Page Address is automatically added to your list of bookmarks.

•	Auto refuse: All incoming Web Page Address messages requests will automatically be refused.

•	Auto open Web Page Address in browser: All incoming web Page Addresses will automatically open in your web browser.

On Chat Requests

•	Show Chat Request response dialog: The Incoming Chat Request dialog is displayed when a chat event is received. You may then choose to accept or refuse the chat request.

•	Auto accept chat (and minimize: All incoming Chat requests are received automatically. You may also choose to automatically minimize the Incoming Chat Request dialog as it is displayed.

•	Auto Join to Chat Session: Allows other users to join your chat session when you are on auto accept only.

•	Auto decline: The chat request will automatically be refused.

On Internet Phone/Games/Chat

•	Show Internet Phone/Games/Chat request Response Dialog: The Incoming Internet Phone/Games/Chat request dialog is displayed when an event is received. You may then choose to accept or refuse the incoming event request.

•	Auto Accept Internet Phone/Games: All incoming requests Internet Phone/Games/Chat are received automatically.

•	Auto decline: The Internet Phone/Games/Chat request will automatically be refused.

On All Events

•	Pop up respond dialog: An event response dialog will automatically pop-up when an event is received.

•	Jump to incoming event in the list: The contact list will scroll to the user that sent the incoming event.

•	Play sounds: Specifies whether or not ICQ will play sounds upon certain actions. Click the Configure button to display a dialog in which you can configure what sounds you will hear when you receive an incoming event.

•	Auto send message through the server: Auto sends message to ICQ server if direct connection fails.


The Status Tab

The Status Tab

The Status tab enables you to specify connection status options and to have leave messages for the various status modes.

You can enter up to 8 different messages for each of the following availability modes:

• Away	User is currently away. You can leave him/her a message.
• N/A (Not Available)	User is currently N/A. You can leave him/her a message.
• Occupied	User is currently occupied.
• DND (Do Not Disturb)	User is currently in DND mode.
• Free For Chat	I would like to chat about anything.

Mode Options

•	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 (example30 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 a message to tell you what is the present users status.


The Accept Tab

The Accept Tab

The Accept tab enables you to determine a location for incoming files, whether you wish to automatically receive updates to ICQ server lists and NetTips, and if you wish to log event history.

The following options are available:

File Transfer

Default Incoming File(s) Path: Specifies the default location in which incoming file transfers will be saved.

Save under user name folder: Specifies that the incoming file be saved in a particular user name folder.

File Server Root Directory, save under user name folder

This option is currently disabled and maybe enabled in future versions of ICQ.

General

•	Automatically receive Externals, Servers, and NetTips updates: Specifies whether updates to the external applications list, the servers list and the NetTips will automatically be received.

•	Do not log event history: Specifies whether event history will be saved or not.


The E-Mail Tab

The E-Mail Tab

The E-Mail tab enables you to configure your e-mail client so that ICQ will work with your e-mail program.

The following options are available:

E-Mail Client Configuration

•	Use current registered Windows e-mail client: Check this option if you use Internet Explorer Mail, or MS Exchange.

•	Use specified e-mail client: It is highly recommended to check this option if you use a different e-mail client, such as Netscape. Click Browse to locate the path of the e-mail program.

•	E-Mail Client Command Line. Enter your e-mail command line. For example for users with Netscape mail, enter: mailto:%e. Click Add E-Mail to add the e-mail variable.

•	Out Going E-mail Server, SMTP (Simple Mail Transfer Protocol). This means that all of your E-mail messages are routed through the Internet server company with which you have your account.

When you click a user and choose E-mail, ICQ automatically launches this e-mail program, and a new e-mail message opens with the user's e-mail address in the to: field.

Note: If a user did not register with an e-mail address, this option will be disabled.


The Check E-Mail Tab

The Check E-Mail Tab

The Check E-Mail tab enables you to determine settings so that ICQ will check for incoming
e-mail without launching your e-mail program.

The following options are available:

Check for new messages every x minutes:

Select this option to enable ICQ to check for new messages every x minutes. Enter the interval at which you want ICQ to check for messages. The ICQ default setting is every 10 minutes. If you check this radio button you can choose the following options.

POP3 E-Mail Server

•	Mail Server Address: Enter your mail server address.

•	POP3 Account: Enter your user login.

•	Password: Enter your mail (POP3) password.

•	Click the Check For New Mail button to see if you have received mail.

•	Sound alert when new messages arrive: Specifies that a sound will play when a new event arrives. Click the Configure button to configure the sounds.

•	Automatically launch e-mail client when new messages arrive:
ICQ will launch the configured e-mail application when a new message is received as was defined in the E-mail tab in Owner’s Preferences.

•	Retrieve E-mail headers: This option allows you to receive the headers of the e-mail messages waiting for you.


The Internet Phone/Games Tab

The Internet Phone/Games Tab

The Internet Phone/Games tab enables you to add new external applications to ICQ and to configure or remove existing applications.

The following options are available:

Registered External Applications

Displays a list of the external applications supported by ICQ. The ICQ server is updated periodically to run new external applications. In most cases you will not have to configure an external application. However, you may need to add various applications yourself.

New External

Click the New External button to add a new external application.

Edit

Select an application in the Registered External Applications list and click Edit to configure it. Each external application has its own set of required variables.

Remove

Select an application and click the Remove button to remove it from the list.

Update List

Select an application in the Registered External Applications list and click the Update List button. This will display the ICQ external application list.

If you want to use an external application which is not supported by the ICQ external list, you can try to configure ICQ manually so that it will transfer the correct variables to the external application.

To add a new external application:

1.	Click the New External button. The following dialog is displayed:

2.	Enter the external application name in the External Application Name field.

3.	Enter the external application executable in the External Application Executable field, or click Browse and locate the path of the application.

4.	Enter the command line in the Command Line field.

5.	(Optional) Click Variables and choose from the following:

IP

E-mail

Nick Name

First Name

Last Name

6.	(Optional) If your new application is a Client-Server Application, click the Client Server Application button.

Fill in the External Application Server Executable and the Server Command Line,
as in step 3. and 4.

♦	(Optional) Click the Default Application Servers List button to choose from among a list of default servers for your application.

♦	Click Add to add a new server to the list.

♦	Enter the server name and click OK.

♦	Click Done.

♦	Click OK to save your settings.


The Servers Tab

The Servers Tab

The Servers tab enables you to specify the ICQ server to which you are connected. The server on the top of the list is used first. The ICQ server will periodically update its list of servers.

The following options are available:

Add

Enables you to add additional servers to the ICQ Servers List, as described on the following page.

Remove

Select a server and click the Remove button to remove a server from the ICQ Servers List.

Move Up

Select a server in the ICQ Servers List and click the Move up button to move the server up on the list.

Move Down

Select a server in the ICQ Servers List and click the Move Down button to move a server down on the list of servers.

Move last successfully connected server to top of list

Checking this box designates the last successfully connected server as the server that ICQ tries to use first.

Adding Additional Servers

You can add additional servers to the ICQ Servers List in the Servers tab displayed on the previous page. Please add a server only when requested by ICQ support.

To add an additional server:

1.	Click the Add button.

2.	Enter the ICQ server address and port. ICQ currently uses 2 servers.

3.	Click OK to save.


The Connection Tab

The Connection Tab

The Connection tab enables you to change your Internet connection type and other default settings, such as launching ICQ on startup and activating sleep mode upon disconnection.

The following options are available:

Internet Connection Type

Specifies your Internet connection type. You can choose between the following options:

•	I’m using a modem (or any other dialup device)

•	I’m using a permanent internet connection (LAN)

♦	I am not behind a firewall or proxy

♦	I am behind a firewall or proxy

Don’t show “ICQ Announcements” Dialog

Check this box if you do not wish to see the ICQ Announcements when you startup ICQ.

Always use Real IP (Internet Protocol)

If you experience difficulty connecting to other ICQ users it may be because the user is behind a firewall. Using Real IP may assist you in avoiding this difficulty.

Use 16 Bit Dialer

Check the 16 Bit Dialer check box if you have a problem to activate the ICQ program on startup.

Launch ICQ on startup

Determines whether ICQ is launched on startup.

Automatically activate Sleep Mode upon disconnection

Specifies whether ICQ will enter sleep mode automatically when you disconnect from the ICQ server.

Please include me anonymously in the Usage survey

Specifies whether you will participate in the ICQ users survey.


The Random Chat Tab

The Random Chat Tab

The Random Chat tab allows you to customize your own chat preferences. For example, if you want to make yourself available for random chat with other ICQ users do the following:

1.	Check the “I want to be available for random Chat and Messages” box.

2.	Choose a chat Group from more than the 20 groups available in the drop down list Group menu. For a more complete list of chat groups you can visit the ICQ web site.

3.	Please specify your desired language to chat in and a chat topic.

4.	Click OK. Your Random Chat preferences have been customized.

Example of Chat groups to which you can log onto include:

∗	Computers and Internet

∗	Countries and International

∗	University and College students

∗	Teens

∗	Business, Products and Consumers

See www.mirabilis.com/icqchat/ for the complete list of Chat Groups.

Finding a Random Chat Partner

To locate a random ICQ user that is available for chat do the following:

1.	In the Random Chat tab dialog, click Pick a Random User button. The Finding a Random User dialog is displayed.

2.	Choose a Group from the Group list for which you want to be available for a random chat.

3.	Type your Nickname in the Nickname field box.

4.	Add a personal message (optional).

5.	Click the Close button. You are now registered as a random user for the group you specified.


The Telephone Tab

The Telephone Tab

The Telephone tab enables you to set your telephone settings for ICQ including renaming the location of a number in your directory and customizing the DTMF settings.

The following options are available:

Setting your locations and telephone numbers.

•	Define your location (home, office, mobile phone).

•	Define your telephone numbers (area code, phone number, extension,).

•	Define you country.

•	Define your dialer (Long, Medium, Short, Custom Rings)

•	Rename a location

•	Check box for approval to retrieve the details you have entered.

1.	Fill in the information fields in the Telephone tab dialog box.

2.	Click Save to save the details that you enter in the Telephone tab.

Renaming a Location

1.	You have the option to rename the location of a telephone number in your directory.

2.	In the Telephone tab menu, click Rename. The Rename dialog appears.

3.	Enter the new Location name, click OK. Your new location name is registered in the Telephone directory.

Customizing the Dial Tone Modulation Frequency

The DTMF is the frequency of the length of tone rings you wish to set your telephone to call another user, based on your telephone system.

1.	To customize your DTMF settings, click the Edit button in the Telephone tab menu to view the drop down list of settings. The Custom DTMF Settings dialog appears.

2.	Fill in a number for each of the fields in the DTMF dialog:

•	Tone Time (recommended 100)

•	Break Time (recommended 300)

•	Pause Time (recommended 3000)

•	Pause Character

•	Test Number

3.	Click OK. Your customized DTMF settings are completed.

Playback your DTMF customized settings.

•	If you want to hear your DTMF settings, simply enter a number/s on the Play DTMF button in the DTMF dialog box and click the DTMF button.


ICQ Display Features

ICQ Display and Sound Configuration Features

ICQ provides the following display features:

•	Floating Users and your status, in which you can display a small user icon [image] on your desktop from which you can send and receive events or display your floating status.

•	Auto Minimize, in which you can configure ICQ to minimize itself after a determined amount of time.

•	Response Dialog Popup, in which the response dialog window pops up when an incoming message is received.

•	Always On Top, in which the ICQ window remains on top of your other applications at all times.

•	Play Sounds, in which ICQ plays action related sounds.

Floating Users and Your Status

ICQ is designed to function in the background of whatever important applications you may be working on. This allows you to drag your favorite user from the contact list to the desktop, saving screen space and keeping the desired user at hand. The floating user is displayed as a small icon [image] which displays the user’s name.

The user icon [image] will float on your applications. Click the icon to exchange events without opening your contact list.

Note: Floating users can be configured to remain on top at all times.

To make a user float:

Drag the user from the contact list to your desktop,

or

Click the user and select "Floating" On. The user will appear in a small icon [image].

You can float as many users, in this way, as you want. Click the floating user to send messages.

To remove a floating user:

Drag the user back to the contact list,

or

Click the user and select "Floating" Off.

To remove all floating users:

Click the user and select All "Floating" Off.

You can also float the ICQ window.

To float your ICQ Status:

1.	Click the ICQ status icon in the tray area of your desktop, or click the ICQ button in the ICQ window and select Windows/Alerts.

2.	Select Status “Floating” On.

Note: This is a toggle option. Repeat the procedure to remove the floating icon.

You can remove the ICQ floating window.

To remove the ICQ floating window:

Click the ICQ floating window and select "Floating" Off.

Auto Minimize

ICQ features an auto hide mode in which ICQ will automatically minimize itself after a predetermined amount of time when not in use. (The ICQ default time is 30 seconds).

Note: Auto Hide can be configured as a default and the predetermined time changed.

To enable auto hide:

1.	Click the ICQ status icon in the tray area of your desktop, and select Windows/Alerts.

2.	Select Auto Minimize. ICQ will minimize itself after 30 seconds.

Note: To reopen ICQ double-click the ICQ icon in the tray area of your desktop, or click the icon and select Open ICQ.

Response Dialog Pop-up

The ICQ window is configured by default to pop up when receiving an incoming event. This option works best when activated together with Auto Hide.

To select message pop-up:

1.	Click the ICQ status icon in the tray area of your desktop, or click the ICQ button in the ICQ window and select Windows/Alerts.

2.	Select Response Dialog Popup.

Note: This is a toggle option. Repeat the procedure to deselect the option.

Always On Top

The ICQ  Main window is configured by default to appear on top of your other applications. This default option can be changed or overwritten as described below.

To disable Always on Top:

1.	Click the ICQ status icon in the tray area of your desktop and select Windows/Alerts.

2.	Select Always On Top.

Note: This is a toggle option. Repeat the procedure to deselect the option.

Play Sounds

ICQ is configured by default to play action related sounds. This default option can be overwritten as described below:

To play sounds:

1.	Click the ICQ status icon in the tray area of your desktop, or click the ICQ button in the ICQ window and select Windows/Alerts.

2.	Select Play Sounds.

Note: This is a toggle option. Repeat the procedure to deselect the option. You can associate specific sounds for specific actions in the Events tab of the Owner’s  Preferences dialog.


Sound Configuration Per Each User In Your Contact List

Sound Configuration Per Each User In Your Contact List

You have the option to configure the sounds that you would like to hear when working with the ICQ program. You can configure sounds for each user in your contact list and for each event per user. You can also configure a sound for when you receive an event from a user, you will hear an announcement saying “ incoming event from (your friend) or any announcement according to your choice.

To configure event Sounds for incoming events from a specific user do the following:

1.	Click on user in your contact list.

2.	In the Alert/Accept Modes  tab, choose Sound Events. The Sound Configure dialog is displayed.

3.	Check an event box and select a sound for each of the incoming event options in the Sound configuration dialog.

4.	Click the Select button to select your preferred sound.

5.	Click Test to hear the sound that you have chosen.

6.	Click OK to confirm your sound configuration.

You have the option to configure a special identification sound before or after events for individual users. For example, you can record the first name of a friend and when an event arrives from a him/her the name that you have recorded will pre-announce the event.

To configure a User Identification Sound, do the following:

1.	In the Sound Configure dialog, check the User ID check box.

2.	Click the Configure Default User ID Prefix Sounds button. The General Sound Configuration dialog is displayed.

3.	Select if you want to hear a sound before or after an event by choosing Before or After in the drop down list.

4.	Select a sound from your sound files to attach to each event and record a name either before or after the event.

5.	Click the Select button to select a different message than that offered by the ICQ default.

6.	Click Test to hear the message with the attached name that you have chosen.

7.	(Optional), Check the box “Use the same sound file for all events” to have only one specific sound representing all your incoming events.

8.	Click OK to confirm your sound configuration

You have the option to configure a specific sound for each of these incoming events.

•	Online Alert

•	Message

•	Chat

•	URL

•	File

•	Externals

•	Phone

•	Contact


ICQ Security

ICQ Security

The key feature of the ICQ security system is your ability to control which users are alerted of your presence on the Internet. While in default mode, you can be added to any user's contact list (thus alerting them when you're online). However, it is possible to configure ICQ in such a way that you must authorize any user who wishes to add you to that user's contact list.

This section describes ICQ security options such as configuring if users can add you to their contact list, how you change your password and determine your security levels.

To configure the ICQ security settings:

1.	Click the ICQ button and select Security & Privacy. The Security (Ignore/Spam, harassment, control) For [user]: dialog is displayed.

The dialog has four dialog tabs:

•	The Security tab , in which you can determine security and privacy levels and change your contact list authorization, IP authorization, Web Aware authorization, password and security level

•	The Ignore List tab, in which you can choose to accept messages only from users in your contact list and control the acceptance of WWpager & EmailExpress and multi-recipient messages.

•	The Invisible List , in which you can place an ICQ user so that they will not be able to see your online presence (but messages from this ICQ user will still be delivered to you online).

•	The Visible List , in which you can choose who will be able to see your online presence even if you are in Invisible Mode. Messages from this ICQ user will be forwarded to you online.


The Security Tab (Privacy)

The Security Tab (Privacy)

In the Security tab, you can determine security and privacy levels and change your password:

The following security options are available:

•	Contact List Authorization, in which you may choose whether or not users must request your permission to add you to their contact list.

•	Change Password, in which you can change your password. This option is described in more detail below.

•	Security Level, in which you can determine a level of security for ICQ.

•	IP Hiding, Check this box if you do not wish other ICQ users to view your IP address.

•	Web Aware, Check this box to allow other Internet users to view your online presence on the World Wide Web.

Change ContactList Authorization

You may determine whether or not users must request your permission to add you to their contact list. The Security (Ignore/Spam, harassment, control) For [user]: dialog is displayed.

To determine your ContactList Authorization Settings in the Security Tab

You have two options:

•	All users must add me to their contact list

•	My authorization is required

1.	Select an option and click Save.

Changing a Password in the Security Tab

You may change the password you entered during registration.

To change a password:

1.	Click on the ICQ button and select Security & Privacy. The Security (Ignore/Spam, harassment, control) For [user]: dialog is displayed.

2.	Enter a new password in the New Password field.

3.	Retype the new password in the Retype New Password field. Your password has now been altered. Save your password in a safe place.

4.	(Optional) Select Save Password if you wish to logon in the future without having to type in your password.

5.	Click Save to save your settings.

Determining a Security Level

The following types of security levels can be determined:

Low: Your password will be saved. All ICQ operations (logging in, changing user details and password) will occur without your authorization. This option is ideal if you're working with ICQ from a safe, private location (like your home).

Medium: Your password will be saved and most ICQ operations are carried out without authorization. However, changing user information and your password will require the use of your password.

High: This is recommended for users who share one computer, yet value their privacy. All your personal information including your contact list and logged events will be protected. ICQ will ask you for your password every time you run ICQ. The contact list cannot be accessed until a valid password is given. When going into high security mode, a pop-up dialog will open, warning you of the risks of this mode.

Note: Remembering your password is very important when ICQ is in high security mode. If you forget your password, access the password page of the Mirabilis Web site at http://www.mirabilis.com/password.

To determine a security level:

1.	Click on the ICQ button and select Security & Privacy. The Security (Ignore/Spam, harassment, control) For [user]: dialog is displayed.

2.	Select the security level you want from the Security Level box.

3.	Click Save to save your settings.

IP Hiding

Check the IP Hiding check box if you do not wish for other ICQ users to see you e-mail address when you send an e-mail message.

Web Aware.

Check the Web Aware check box if you wish other ICQ users to see your online presence on the World Wide Web.

The Ignore List Tab

In the Ignore List tab you can choose to accept messages only from users in your contact list and not to accept any WWpager or EmailExpress messages.

The following options are available:

•	Accept messages only from users on my contact list

Note: If you choose this option, all activities from users who are not on your contact list will be ignored.

•	Do not accept any WWPager Messages

      If you choose not to accept a WWPager message, place a check mark
      in the “Do Not Accept WWPager Message” check box.

•	Do not accept any EmailExpress messages.

If you choose not to accept an the EmailExpress Messages” place a check mark
      in the “Do Not Accept EmailExpress Message check box.

•	Multi-Recipient Messages

       If you decide not to accept messages from multi-recipients check the multi-recipients
       check box. In the drop down list select either All Users or Users Not on my Contact
       List.

To add a user to the ignore list:

1.	Click the Add to Ignore List button. The Search for User to add to your Ignore list dialog is displayed in which you can find the required user.

2.	Double-click the user. The user will be added to the ignore list. All activities from this user will be ignored.

To remove a user from the ignore list:

Select the user from the list in the Ignore List tab and click the Remove From Ignore List button. The user is removed from the ignore list.


Visible or Invisible To other ICQ Users

Visible or Invisible to other ICQ Users.

A user can also choose to be seen as invisible to all the other users (through the original invisible status mode).

Invisible Tab

When you place an ICQ user in the Invisible List the ICQ user will not be able to see your online presence, but messages from this ICQ user will still be delivered to you online.

Note: If the WebAware flag is active, (see Security tab), other ICQ users will be able to see your online presence from the Web. To place a ICQ user on your Invisible List, do the following:

1.	 In the Invisible List Tab dialog, click the Add to Invisible List button.

2.	 Fill in one of the Search tabs:

•	E-mail (to search for a user by his E-mail address).

•	Details (Nickname, First name, Last name).

•	ICQ# (to search for a user by his ICQ number.)

•	Click Search button.

3.	Double click on the users name in your contact list to add him/her to your Invisible List.

4.	Click New Search when you want to carryout a new search for a different ICQ user to place on your Invisible List.

Visible Tab

When you place an ICQ# in the visible list, the user will still be able to see your online presence even if you are in Invisible Mode. Messages from this ICQ user will still be forwarded to you online.

Note: If the WebAware flag is checked in the WebAware check box (see Security tab), other ICQ users will be able to see your online presence from the Web.

To place a ICQ user on your Visible List, do the following:

1.	In the Visible List Tab dialog, click the Add to Visible button. The Search for users to add to your Visible List dialog is displayed.

2.	Fill in one of the Search tabs:

•	E-Mail (to search for a user by his E-mail address).

•	Details (Nickname, First name, Last name.)

•	ICQ#  (to search for a user by his ICQ number.)

1.	Click Search.

2.	Double click on the users name in your contact list to add it him/her to your Visible List.

3.	Click New Search when you want to carryout a new search for a different ICQ user.