BeAIM - Setting Your Online

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BeAIM - Setting Your Online Status

As more and more people are getting broadband connections at home, people are letting their computer be online, even if they are not sitting in front of the computer or are busy working with something.

Anyone who has added you to their Buddy List can see when you are logged in, and that is looked up on as an invitation to chat. Some times you need to get some work done without being interrupted. You can then change your status from Available to Away, by going to Away and unmarking Available. You are then still able to send messages to other people (for instance your colleagues) and not go entirely offline.

You can make your Custom Away Message... or you can have several different Away Messages... .

Using Custom Away Messages is a great way of letting people know that you're away but will be back soon (Coffee, Lunch, Meeting, Working, etc.).

You can Edit Away Messages from a special window. All your defined Away Messages has an entry on the left side of the window, so you'll first have to choose what message to edit. You can then edit the Name and the content, or even Remove the whole message. You can also add a new Away Message by pressing the New button.

The BeAIM replicant in the Deskbar
The BeAIM replicant lets you Quit the application or Logout from the AIM network. From this replicant you can also edit the application's preferences or edit your profile.

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