Contacts
The contacts section allows you to store and keep an ordered list of contact information on colleagues and friends. You can store email addresses, street addresses, phone numbers, pager numbers, and instant messaging numbers.

You can use the contacts page as a communication center to directly send email.
What do you want to do?
 
Add a new contact (nickname)
Modify a contact
Delete a contact
Import contacts
Define a group of contacts
Use Contacts to send Messages



  The Contacts Page uses Nicknames as an association for email addresses. You can compose a message and select several Nicknames to be added to the recipient list of your message. (See Addressing Your Message) You can also specify instant messaging and pager numbers to which you can email messages.

Note also that there are two possible views for the contact list (how you see the list)
a. Icon View where you see only general icons related to each feature of the messaging tools
b. Detailed View where you see a more comprehensive listing of your various messages and where they came from.
   
Add a Contact (Nickname)
   
 
  1. From the vertical navigation bar, click Contacts and then the Add button.
  2. Enter a unique Nickname in the first box.
  3. Enter the email address in the second box.
  4. If you want to store the contact's ICQ™ number, type the number and click "Add to ICQ™ Client" . The ICQ™ search engine will search for the specified number add it to the contact's other information.
  5. Enter additional information about the contact.
  6. Click Save.
  7. The Contacts page reappears with the new contact you added.
  
   
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Modify a contact
   
 
1.  Click the Contacts link on the vertical navigation bar.
2.  Mark the checkbox next to the contact you want to modify. Click the Modify button.
3.  Make the appropriate changes to the Nickname name or email address and press the Save button
   
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Define a group
   
  Defining a group with several contacts allows you to send a message to several people at once.
   
  1. From the vertical navigation bar click Contacts.
   
  2. Click the Group button. The Nickname list will appear.
  3. Select multiple addresses from the Nickname List by clicking the checkbox next to each. Type the name of the new group in the Nickname field, in order to give a name to the group. Once completed, press the Save button to continue. Note: You can discard changes anytime by pressing the Cancel button.
   
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Select all
   
 
When you click Select All, all your contacts are marked for any action you want to perform on them.
1.Click the Contacts link on the vertical navigation bar.
2.Click Select All and proceed to work with all your contacts at once.
   
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Delete a contact
   
 
1.From the vertical navigation bar.
2. Mark the checkbox next to the the specific Nickname you want to delete and click on the Delete button.
3. In order to delete more than one Nickname, simply mark the checkbox next to all appropriate Nicknames and continue with the deleting operation, as described above. After the deletion is completed, an updated Nickname List will be displayed. Click Select All and click Delete to remove all the contacts in the page.
   
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Import Contacts
 

  You can import your contact list (in CSV format- Comma Separated Values. Import CSV files from applications such as Netscape Messenger, MS Outlook Express, and MS Outlook98.
   
  In Netscape Messenger:
   
  1. Open Address Book.
  2. Select File from the title bar.
  3. Click on Export
  4. Now you will be prompt to save the file. Choose the wanted location and name of file (Note:you should choose the extension *.csv).
   
  In Microsoft Outlook98
   
  1. Select File from the title bar
  2. Click on Import and Export.
  3. On the Export Wizard choose "Export to file". Click Next.
  4. Choose a file type (choose the type "Coma Separated Values"). Click Next.
  5. Choose the folder to export (Your Address Book folder will usually be "Contacts").
  6. Now you will be prompt to save the file. Choose the wanted location and name of file (Note:you should choose the extension *.csv). Click Next.
  7. Click Finish.
   
  In Microsoft Outlook Express:
   
    1. Select File from the title bar.
  2. Click on Export - Address Book.
  3. On the Address Book Export Toll choose a file type (choose the type "Text File"). Click "Export".
  4. Now you will be prompt to save the file. Choose the wanted location and name of file (Note:you should choose the extension *.csv). Click Next.
  5. Choose which fields you want to export.
  6. Click Finish and close the Address Book Export Tool.
   
   
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Use Contacts to send Messages
   
 
  • Clicking a Nickname opens a page which allows you to modify the contact name's details.
  • Clicking the email icon opens a Compose page for the corresponding contact.
  • Clicking the Message icon opens an ICQ™ message window for the corresponding contact.
  • Clicking the Chat icon opens an ICQ™ chat window.
    Note: This will only work if you clicked the Add to ICQ™ client button in the Add an Address page
  • Clicking the Pager icon opens an email to Pager window for sending a message to the corresponding pager.
    Note: This will only work if you added a Pager Number and Provider in the Add an Address page