Instant messaging (IM). Nokia 6111

Below you will find brief information for mobile phone 6111. This mobile phone includes a camera, a radio, and many other features for making calls and accessing the Internet. You can send and receive text messages, multimedia messages, and e-mail messages. You can also download new content, such as themes, to your phone.

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Delete e-mail messages

Select Menu > Messaging > E-mail > Options > Manage folder and the desired folder. Mark the messages that you want to delete. To delete them, select

Options > Delete .

Deleting an e-mail from your phone does not delete it from the e-mail server. To set the phone to delete the e-mail also from the e-mail server, select Menu >

Messaging > E-mail > Options > Extra settings > Leave copy: > Delete retr. msgs .

■ Instant messaging (IM)

Instant messaging (network service) is a way to send short, simple text messages to online users.

Before you can use instant messaging, you must subscribe to the service. To check the availability and costs, and to subscribe to the service, contact your network operator, from whom you also receive your unique ID, password, and settings.

To set the required settings for the instant messaging service, see Connect. settings in

Access the IM menu

. The icons and texts on the display may vary, depending on the instant messaging service.

Depending on the network, the active instant messaging conversation may consume the phone battery faster, and you may need to connect the phone to a charger.

Access the IM menu

To access the menu while still offline, select Menu > Messaging > Instant messages . If more than one set of connection settings for the instant messaging service is available, select the desired one. If there is only one set defined, it is selected automatically.

The following options are shown:

Saved convers.

— to view, erase or rename the instant messaging conversations that you have saved during the instant messaging session

Connect. settings — to edit the settings needed for messaging and presence connection

Connect to the IM service

To connect to the instant messaging service, enter the Instant messages menu, activate an instant messaging service, and select Login . When the phone has successfully connected, Logged in is displayed.

To disconnect from the instant messaging service, select Logout .

Start an IM session

Open the Instant messages menu, and connect to the service. Start the service in different ways.

Select Conversations to view the list of new and read instant messages or invitations for instant messaging during the active instant messaging session.

Scroll to the message or invitation that you want, and select Open to read the message.

indicates the new and read group messages.

indicates the new and

the read instant messages. indicates the invitations.

The icons and texts on the display may vary, depending on the instant messaging service.

Select IM contacts to view the contacts that you have added. Scroll to the contact with whom you would like to chat, and select Chat or Open if a new contact is

shown in the list. To add contacts see Contacts for IM p.

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indicates the online and the offline contacts in the phone contacts memory. indicates a blocked contact. indicates a contact that has been sent a new message.

Select Groups > Public groups to display the list of bookmarks to public groups provided by the network operator. To start a instant messaging session with a group, scroll to a group, and select Join . Enter your screen name that you want to use in the conversation. When you have successfully joined the group conversation, you can start a group conversation. To create a private group, see

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Select Search > Users or Groups to search for other instant messaging users or public groups on the network by phone number, screen name, e-mail address, or name. If you select Groups , you can search for a group by a member in the group or by group name, topic, or ID.

To start the conversation when you have found the user or the group that you want, select Options > Chat or Join group .

Start a conversation from Contacts

, see View the subscribed names p.

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Accept or reject an invitation

In the standby mode, when you are connected to the instant messaging service and you receive a new invitation, New invitation received is displayed. To read it, select Read . If more than one invitation is received, scroll to the invitation you want, and select Open . To join the private group conversation, select Accept , and enter the screen name; or to reject or delete the invitation, select Options >

Reject or Delete .

Read a received instant message

In the standby mode, when you are connected to the instant messaging service, and you receive a new message that is not a message associated with an active conversation, New instant message is displayed. To read it, select Read . If you receive more than one message, scroll to the message, and select Open .

New messages received during an active conversation are held in Instant messages > Conversations . If you receive a message from someone who is not in

IM contacts , the sender ID is displayed. To save a new contact that is not in the phone memory, select Options > Save contact .

Participate in a conversation

To join or start an instant messaging session, select Write . Write your message, and select Send or press the call key to send it. Select Options to access available options.

Edit your availability status

1. Open the Instant messages menu, and connect to the instant messaging service.

2. To view and edit your own availability information or screen name, select My settings .

3. To allow all the other instant messaging users to see you when you are online, select Availability > Available for all .

To allow only the contacts on your instant messaging contact list to see you when you are online, select Availability > Avail. for contacts .

To appear as being offline, select Availability > Appear offline .

When you are connected to the instant messaging service, indicates that you are online, and indicates that you are not visible to others.

Contacts for IM

To add contacts to the instant messaging contacts list, connect to the instant messaging service, and select IM contacts . To add a contact to the list, select

Options > Add contact or Add (if you have no contacts added) > Enter ID manually , Search from serv.

, Copy from server , or By mobile number .

Scroll to a contact. To start a conversation, select Chat or Options and from the available options.

Block and unblock messages

To block messages, connect to the instant messaging service, and select

Conversations > IM contacts ; or join or start a conversation. Scroll to the contact from whom you want to block incoming messages, and select Options > Block contact > OK .

To unblock the messages, connect to the instant messaging service, and select

Blocked list . Scroll to the contact from whom you want to unblock the messages, and select Unblock .

Groups

You can create your own private groups for an instant messaging conversation, or use the public groups provided by the service provider. The private groups exist only during an instant messaging conversation. The groups are saved on the server of the service provider. If the server you are logged on to does not support group services, all group-related menus are dimmed.

Public groups

Groups — You can bookmark public groups that your service provider may maintain. Connect to the instant messaging service, and select Public groups .

Scroll to a group with which you want to chat, and select Join . If you are not in the group, enter your screen name as your nickname for the group. To delete a group from your group list, select Options > Delete group .

To search for a group, select Groups > Public groups > Search groups . You can search for a group by a member in the group, by group name, topic, or ID.