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MySpaceIM: Limit People that can Contact You to those on your Contact List

Contributed by shamanstears on June 20, 2007 under Instant messaging

If you use MySpaceIM to chat with your friends and family, it is doubtful that you want to chat with any and everybody on MySpace. To limit the people that can contact you to only those on your Contact List, follow these steps:

AIM 6.1: Disable Display of AIM Today When Signing In

Contributed by shamanstears on June 18, 2007 under Instant messaging

By default, AIM launches your web browser to bring up AIM Today each time you sing in. This can get rather annoying if all you wanted to do was chat with someone. To disable the launching of AIM Today, follow these steps:

AIM 6: Limit Users that can Contact You

Contributed by shamanstears on June 13, 2007 under Instant messaging

If you use AIM to chat with your friends and family, it is doubtful that you want to chat with any and everybody that uses AIM. To limit what users can contact you, follow these steps:

Using “My Friends” on your Sony Ericsson Phone

Contributed by seamonkey420 on October 25, 2006 under Instant messaging

If you owned a sony ericsson phone recently, you’ve probably have seen the “My Friends” options in the phone. So what is this? “My Friends” can let you have all of your IM clients/buddies in one spot to chat with!

Yahoo Messenger: Share Music Through IM

Contributed by MickeyMouse on September 14, 2006 under Instant messaging

Sharing music with your friends is very easy with yahoo messenger. Want them to hear your new mp3? Here is how they can listen to your tunes.

How to Access Meebo behind a School or Goverment Firewall

Contributed by bulletcatcher221 on August 21, 2006 under Instant messaging

Tired of not being able to talk to freinds at school or work?
Meebo lets you connect to most of the important chat networks
but it is often blocked by the network firewall. Here are a few tips.

Use Windows Live Messenger (or MSN) to contact Yahoo users and vice versa

Contributed by risherz on July 20, 2006 under Instant messaging

Now with the agreement between Microsoft and Yahoo, it is possible to contact people who use Yahoo Messenger if you use MSN (now called Windows Live Messenger). The same goes for Yahoo Messenger users who would like to connect with their Windows Live messenger using friends.

GAIM: Connect and Use Google’s Gtalk Servers

Contributed by MickeyMouse on February 10, 2006 under Instant messaging

This tutorial will quickly walk you through connecting to the gtalk servers with GAIM.

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