Adding Contacts to Your Messenger List

Overview Importing Contacts Using the Add to Messenger List Window Adding From Your Address Book Adding From an Instant Message

Overview

You can use  BT Yahoo! Messenger to communicate with anyone who uses Messenger if you know the person's Messenger ID. To take full advantage of  BT Yahoo! Messenger—send instant messages, play games, make phone calls—add people to your Messenger List where they are known as your contacts. A contact is a friend, family member, business associate, or anyone else with whom you wish to interact. Once a contact is on your Messenger List, you no longer need to remember his or her Messenger ID.

You can add contacts to your Messenger List in any of the following ways:

A Safe Environment

BT Yahoo! Messenger provides easy, almost instant access to your contacts, while maintaining a secure and safe environment. You can add a contact to your Messenger List temporarily, but that contact must approve your request before the addition is final. When your contact approves your request, his or her name becomes a permanent item in your list, and you can easily use any  BT Yahoo! Messenger feature to interact with each other.

The reciprocal process for adding contacts to a Messenger List can involve:

 

Here's How

    To request permission to add a contact to your Messenger List:

    Read the tasks in this tutorial to show you how to add and import contacts to your Messenger List. The following describes the process that occurs after you send a request.

    When you request permission to add someone to your Messenger List, the person receives a request notification and the name or Messenger ID appears on your Messenger List in a temporary state, indicated by a gray circle. When the contact accepts your request, the addition becomes permanent, and a smiley face replaces the circle.

    Contact states on your Messenger List.

    If the contact declines your request,  BT Yahoo! Messenger sends you a notice and removes the name from your Messenger List.

    A notice lets you know when a contact declines your request.

    To accept a request to be added to a user's Messenger List:

    When a Messenger user wants to add your name to their Messenger List, your  BT Yahoo! Messenger displays the Add to Messenger List Request window. To allow the person to add you to their Messenger List, do the following:

    1. If you want to know more about the person, click View this person's profile.

      Click View this person's profile.

      Your web browser opens and displays the person's profile. When you're satisfied, return to the Messenger List Request window.

    2. Click the button next to Allow this person to add me and see when I am online, and, if you like, add the person to your Messenger List by checking the box next to the Add option.

      Click Allow this person to add me and see when I am online.

    3. Click the Next button (or the Finish button if you aren't adding the person to your Messenger List).

    4. If you are adding this person to your Messenger List, choose or enter a group for the contact in the next window, then click the Finish button.

      A message will be sent asking the person if you can add him or her to your Messenger List.

    To reject a request to be added to a user's Messenger List:

    1. In the Add to Messenger Request window, click the button next to Do not allow this person to add me or see when I am online, then click the Next button.

      Click Do not allow this person to add me or see when I am online.

    2. In the next window, choose one of the following options:

      • Allow the user to continue sending you instant messages, and, if you like, enter a reason for declining the request to have your name added to the person's Messenger List.

        • You can allow the person to continue sending instant messages.

        Tip: Any Messenger user can send you instant messages without being on your Messenger List or in your address book, and without having your name on their Messenger List.

      • Ignore all future contact with this person.

        • You can ignore all messages from this person.

        This places the person's name in your Ignore List and blocks all Messenger communications from that person.

        Tip: For additional information on blocking unwanted communications from anyone not on your Messenger List, see the Related Tutorials.

    3. Click the Finish button.

 

What's Next

To quickly populate your Messenger List with contacts, import them from your BT Yahoo! Address Book and your list of Microsoft Outlook contacts.

 

Words to Know

  • Contact: a person you know and might want to send an email message or other form of communication to.
  • Ignore List: a list of people from whom you don't want to see or hear anything while you're using BT Yahoo! Messenger.
  • Messenger ID: the BT Username or Yahoo! ID that an individual uses to sign in and use Messenger.
  • Messenger List: a list of coworkers, friends, family, and associates who also use Messenger.
  • Profile: a public web page provided with a BT Username or Yahoo! ID that lets others learn something about the person associated with the username or ID, such as hobbies and favourite links. You and each of your contacts have a profile that others can view. You can have more than one profile and choose which profile others see.
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