Sharing Messenger Lists
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Accepting Contacts From Another Messenger List
When a person shares her Messenger List with you, an IM window displays a notification on your screen telling you that this person wants to share her contacts. You can accept or decline the offer. You can also choose which contacts you want to add to your Messenger List.
Tip: The ability to share Messenger Lists isn’t available when conversing between Windows Live™ Messenger and Yahoo! Messenger contacts.
Here’s How
Click View Contacts in the IM notification.
Tip: To decline the offer, simply click Decline.
The Add to Messenger List window opens with all of the contacts selected (except those that already exist on your Messenger List).
In the Add to Messenger List window, deselect any contacts that you don’t want to add to your list, then click the Next button.
Complete the remaining displays of the Add to Messenger List window as described in the Adding Contacts to Your Messenger List tutorial.
Messenger adds the selected contacts to your Messenger List in a temporary state. When a contact accepts your request, that contact’s name becomes a permanent name on your list until you remove it. If the contact declines, Yahoo! Messenger sends you a notice and removes the name from your Messenger List.
What’s Next
Share your Messenger List with all of your friends and help them keep in touch through Messenger.
Words to Know
- Contact: a person with whom you interact; someone to whom you might want to send an email or instant message.
- Messenger List: a list of coworkers, friends, family, and associates who also use Messenger.
- Windows Live™ Messenger: Microsoft® Windows’ free instant messaging application.