From the IM online menu, select IM availability and one of the following options:
Available for all—All other users see your status as online and you receive
availability information and messages from all other users.
Avail. for cont.—Even though just the contacts in IM contacts see your status as
online, you receive availability information and messages from all other users.
Appear offline—Even though all other users see your status as offline, you receive
availability information and messages from all other users.
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