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3From this screen you can:
• Change the group in which you’ve filed the buddy.
• Set alerts (notifications) for when your buddy signs on, signs off, or sends you a new message.
4After making your edits, press Menu  then:
• Select Cancel [ + .] to cancel all changes.
• Select Done  to save your changes.
Discard a Buddy
To remove a buddy from your list, do the following while in the IM application:
1If your Buddy List isn’t displayed, press Menu  then select Buddy List .
2Scroll to highlight the screen name of the buddy you wish to discard.
3Press Menu   then select Discard [ ]. A confirmation dialog opens.
4If you’re sure you want to remove this buddy, select Discard. Otherwise, to cancel the action and keep the 
buddy on your list, press Cancel .
Block/Unblock Buddies
If you want to block messages from a particular buddy, you can easily do so while in the IM application:
1If your Buddy List isn’t displayed, press Menu  then select Buddy List .
2Scroll to highlight the screen name of the buddy you want to block.
3Press Menu   then select Block.
4The buddy’s screen name still appears on your Buddy List, but now it’s in the Offline group and the 
“forbidden” icon   appears to next to the buddy’s name:
5To unblock messages from this buddy, highlight their screen name in the Offline group and select Unblock 
from the menu. The screen name moves under the group you had previously assigned to them and you will 
start receiving messages from this buddy again.
You can also unblock one or more buddies from the Settings screen, as described in 
Manage Blocked Users 
List on page 86. 
						

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IM Conversations
Conversations are one-on-one chat sessions you have with your online buddies. With AIM, you can have up to 10 
online conversations going at the same time. This section explains how to start and end conversations, as well as 
how to keep track of all the conversations you have going at one time!
Start/End an IM Conversation
To send a message to one of your buddies, follow the instructions below.
1From the Jump screen, select AOL Instant Messenger. The Sign On screen appears.
2Sign on to AIM using the instructions in either:
•
Signing On for the First Time on page 76
•
Signing On After the First Time on page 76
3If your Buddy List doesn’t display, press Menu   then select Buddy List .
4From the Buddy List screen, you can start a conversation screen in either of two ways:
•Method 1: Scroll to highlight the screen name of the buddy with whom you want to message, then press 
the wheel. A conversation screen opens.
Tip: If you have a long Buddy List, to find a buddy’s screen name quickly, start typing the first few 
characters of the buddy’s screen name and the auto-find feature will highlight the closest matching screen 
name.
•Method 2: Press Menu   then select Send Message To... [ + M]. The New Instant Message dialog 
box opens:
In the Send to text box, type the screen name of the buddy you want to message. You can also open the 
pop-up menu and select a screen name (all your buddies are listed there). Select Start Conversation  
(or press Return). A conversation screen with this buddy opens with your initial message showing.
5You use the lower panel to type your messages. Here’s an example of a conversation-in-progress:
Note! If you send a message and it appears in the top panel in 
italics, this indicates that you’ve been 
temporarily disconnected from the IM service. You will be reconnected automatically as soon as possible, at 
which time your message will appear in regular font, not italic.
6To end a conversation, press Menu  then select End Conversation [ + .]. 
						

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Tip: If you want to Sign Off and end all your conversations at once, simply return to the Buddy List screen, press 
Menu  then select Sign Off.
IM Conversation Indicators
Most every screen you view within Instant Messaging, including the splash screen, contains balloon indicators 
, one for each active conversation in which you have an unread message.
In addition, each open conversation is numbered and usually displays to the right of the buddy name in any of 
the lists  . If you’re in the AIM application and you press Menu  + , that 
conversation will display on the screen and become active.
Switch Between IM Conversations
The easiest way to switch between conversations is to press Menu  + . 
Set an Away Message
Tip: To create new custom away message categories, you must go to your Web browser client on your computer 
and edit or create them there.
To set an away message you must first be signed on to AIM (read more in 
Sign On on page 76). Once you’re 
signed on:
1If your Buddy List isn’t displayed, press Menu  then select Buddy List .
2Press Menu   then select Away Messages...
3A pop-up menu opens listing all your possible away categories. The default categories are shown in the 
example below. (You can create new categories only from the AIM Web browser client on your computer.)
4Scroll to highlight the away message you want to select, then press the wheel.
5If you select I’m Away, then a new dialog box will open in which you can type the message that will be sent 
to the sender while you’re away: 
						

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After you type your I’m Away message and press Set, the I’m Away dialog box will stay open until you return 
and select the I’m Back button:
6If you select one of the other unavailable messages, The I’m Away dialog box opens with a standard (but 
appropriate) message. This dialog box will remain on your screen in Instant Messaging until you press the 
I’m Back button.
7While you’re away, other device users will see the Away icon   next to your name in their Buddy List.
8To change your status from away to available, select the I’m Back button.
Instant Messaging Settings
You can set many preferences from the Settings screen. To open this screen, do the following while in the IM 
application:
From either the IM Sign On screen or the Buddy List screen, press Menu   then select Settings. The Settings 
screen appears:
From this screen you can:
•
Set Up Accept Messages on page 85
•
Play Buddy Alert Rings on page 85 
						

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•Manage Blocked Users List on page 85
Set Up Accept Messages
You can set up AIM so that if someone not on your Buddy List sends you an instant message, you will first see 
an alert asking you if you want to accept the message. To set this up, do the following:
1From the Buddy List screen, press Menu   then select Settings. The Settings screen appears.
2The Show “Accept Message” Dialog Box section is at the top of the screen. If you want to see the dialog 
box when someone not on your Buddy List sends you a message, scroll to highlight the check box, then press 
the wheel to select it. If you want to turn off Accept Message, clear the check box by highlighting the check 
box, then press the wheel to clear it.
3With Accept Message checked, when you receive a message from someone not on your Buddy List, you’ll get 
an alert like the following:
4Choose from the following courses of action:
•Block User - The sender of the message will be blocked from sending you any messages, including the 
one they’re trying to send. You won’t see any more Accept Message dialog boxes for this sender, until you 
“unblock” them. (Read more in 
Block/Unblock Buddies on page 81.)
•Decline - The sender of the message will be blocked from sending you any messages, including the one 
they’re trying to send, for as long as you are signed in. The next time you sign in, if this person sends you 
another message, you’ll receive the Accept Message dialog box again.
•Ye s - You will see the message from the sender.
Play Buddy Alert Rings
In order for Buddy Alert Rings to work, you must enable these alerts from the Settings screen.
1From the Buddy List screen, press Menu   then select Settings. The Settings screen appears.
2Look at the Play Buddy Alert Rings section of the screen: 
						

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To  enable Buddy Alert Rings, scroll to highlight the Play Buddy Alert Rings check box, then press the 
wheel to select it. (To disable Buddy Alerts, select the check box again to clear it.)
3Once you enable Buddy Alert Rings, you can select different alert rings for the following events:
•Sign On - Ring sounds when a buddy signs on.
•Sign Off - Ring sounds when a buddy signs off.
•New Message - Ring sounds when you receive a new instant message.
To pick an alert, first select a ringtone “category” from the pop-up menu on the left, then select a 
corresponding “sound” from the pop-up menu on the right.
4Your changes are saved as soon as you make them.
You can override these settings for individual buddies on the Edit buddy screens. Read more in 
Edit a Buddy on 
page 80.
Manage Blocked Users List
If you do not want to receive messages from an individual on your Buddy List, you can “block” messages from 
them. The instructions for doing this, and unblocking a buddy’s messages, are in Block/Unblock Buddies on page 
81. You can also unblock buddies from the Settings screen, as described below.
1From the Buddy List screen, press Menu   then select Settings. The Settings screen appears.
2Scroll down to the bottom of the screen to the Blocked User(s) List section:
3Scroll to highlight the screen name of the buddy you want to block, then press the wheel to select it. The 
Blocked User dialog box opens:
4The Unblock   button is selected by default. Press the wheel to select it and unblock the buddy. (To cancel 
your action and keep your buddy on the blocked list, select the Cancel button.)
5Once you unblock a buddy, their screen name appears again under the assigned group name on the Buddy 
List screen. 
						

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9.  Email Messaging
The Email application on your T-Mobile device is easy to use and rich in features. Not only do you get your own 
device email account, but you can also pull in other email from up to three of your POP3 accounts. Read the 
topics in this chapter to take full advantage of this flexible application.
The Email Splash Screen
To open the Email application, first press Jump, then scroll to highlight the Email icon in the left-hand “ring” of 
applications. You will see the Email “splash” screen on the right side of the screen when you’ve highlighted the 
Email application icon:
The splash screen is handy because it shows all your unread messages, sorted first by folder then order 
received (newest message first).•The Email Splash Screen on page 87
•Browse Email Screen on page 88
•Status Indicators on page 89
•Keyboard Shortcuts on page 89
•View Your Email on page 91
•Move Messages to Folders on page 93
•Send Messages on page 94•Add Email Senders to the Address Book on page 95
•Add Email Recipients to the Address Book on page 
96
•Discard Email Messages on page 97
•Manage Your Email Accounts on page 98
•Manage Email Folders on page 102
•Email Settings on page 104
•Space Limitations on page 107 
						

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Browse Email Screen
The Browse Email screen is your main view into the Email application:
The Browse Email screen lists all your emails, grouped into folders, ordered by date. (Read more about ordering 
this list in 
Sort Email Messages on page 92.)
In the illustration above you’ll see the five “system folders”--Inbox, Saved, Sent, Drafts, and Tras h--plus all the 
folders you have created to organize your emails, identified by a folder-type icon: 
To the right of the folder name, if it has unread messages, the number of unread messages is shown in 
parentheses. In the example above, Inbox (1) contains one unread message. The Inbox is shown in “expanded” 
view (its list of emails is showing), with the first message in bold, indicating it is “unread”. The Saved folder is 
shown collapsed. The Sent folder contents are collapsed, as are the Drafts folder contents (empty folders are 
always shown collapsed, of course). The Trash folder is shown in expanded view and contains two emails.
As shown in the illustration above, individual emails are grouped in collapsible folder lists. To open (expand) a 
folder’s list of emails, scroll to highlight the folder name, then press the wheel. To collapse the list, press again. 
Press again to expand, etc.
Tip: To scroll quickly between folders, press the ALT key while using the D-pad up and down arrows.
To open an individual email, scroll to highlight the email, then press the wheel. To learn more about reading your 
email, read 
View Your Email on page 91. To learn about adding folders, read Manage Email Folders on page 102.
To the left of items in the Browse Email screen, there could be an icon that indicates the status of a message. To 
interpret these icons, as well as understand the folder icons, read 
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Status Indicators
From the Browse Messages screen, in the title bar, you’ll always see how full your mailbox is, by percentage and 
megabyte (MB).
Icons shown the to left of each folder name or email message tell you their status. Plus, all unread messages 
are shown in bold. Here’s what the icons mean:
Keyboard Shortcuts
While using the Email application, you can use keyboard shortcuts to open options from the following Email 
menus:
• Browse Email Menu Shortcuts (with message highlighted)
• Browse Email Menu Shortcuts (with folder highlighted)
• Compose Menu Shortcuts
• Settings Menu Shortcuts
• Accounts Menu Shortcuts
Each menu’s shortcuts are listed in the tables below.You have replied to this message.
Yo u  forwarded this message.
This email has an attachment.
There was an error when sending this email. A few errors include: the message was not 
sent at all, the message was sent but could not be saved to the Sent folder because you 
reached your mailbox quota, the message was sent but without the forwarded attachment 
because the original message no longer exists, and so on. You will only see this status 
indicator next to messages in the Sent folder.
This email is waiting to be sent. You will see this status indicator next to messages in the 
Sent and Drafts folders. 
This email is being sent. You will see this status indicator next to messages in the Sent 
and Drafts folders. 
Icons identifying the Inbox folder, with contents collapsed/expanded.
Icons identifying the Sent folder, with contents collapsed/expanded.
Icons identifying the Saved folder, with contents collapsed/expanded.
Icons identifying the Drafts folder, with contents collapsed/expanded.
Icons identifying a user-defined folder, with contents collapsed/expanded.
Icons identifying the Trash folder, with contents collapsed/expanded. 
						

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Browse Email Menu Shortcuts (with message highlighted)
Browse Email Menu Shortcuts (with folder highlighted)
Compose Menu Shortcuts
Settings Menu Shortcuts
Accounts Menu ShortcutsNew Message...
 + N
Reply...
 + R
Reply All...
 + L
Forward...
 + J
Add Contact...
 + @
Move...
 + O
Discard
Check for New Email
 + U
Mark Read/Unread
 + K
More options in Email:Read view:
Next
Previous
New Message...
 + N
Rename... (folder)
 + E
Empty...(folder)
Mark all msgs (in 
folder) as read + K
Send
 + M
Save as Draft
Attach Photo...
 + P
Cancel
 + .
Done
Cancel
 + .
Done
New Account
 + N
Discard
 + 
Cancel
 + .