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Viewing Users Who Can See My Status

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Users Who Can See My Status Overview

In the Privacy Tab of the Settings window, you can view the Users Who Can See My Status window; these users are not on your contacts list. You can add these users to your contacts list or you can deny access.

To view this window, select Manage Contact Authorizations from the Tools menu, or press the View Others button on the Privacy Tab in the Settings window.

This dialog box allows end users to see a list of users on whose contact list they appear, but are not in their own contact list. For example, if you authorize another user to include you in their contact list, but did not in turn place that other user on your own contact list, the other user would appear on your Users Who Can See My Status dialog box. In Instant Messenger, the other user is referred to as a watcher of you. Using the options on this window, you can then add the other user to your own contact list or remove yourself from the other user’s contact list.

The Users Who Can See My Status window contains the following items:

To View Users Who Can See Your Status

To view users who can see your status:

  1. In the Instant Messenger main window, select Manage Contact Authorizations from the Tools menu.
  2. The View Users Who Can See My Status windows displays.

  3. View the users who are displayed in the pane and determine if you want to add them or to deny them from being added to your Contacts list.
  4. Click OK to save the changes, and exit the View Users Who Can See My Status window. The changes become effective immediately.

To Add a User Who Can See Your Status to Your Contact List

To add a user who can see your status to your contact list:

  1. In the Instant Messenger main window, select Manage Contact Authorizations from the Tools menu.
  2. The View Users Who Can See My Status windows displays.

  3. Select the name of the user you want to add to your contact list and click Add to Contacts List.
  4. Click OK to save the changes, and exit the View Users Who Can See My Status window. The changes become effective immediately.

To Remove Yourself From Another User’s Contact List

To remove yourself from another user’s contact list:

  1. In the Instant Messenger main window, select Manage Contact Authorizations from the Tools menu.
  2. The View Users Who Can See My Status windows displays.

  3. Select the name of the user from whose contact list you want to be removed and click Deny User Access.
  4. Click OK to save the changes, and exit the View Users Who Can See My Status window. The changes become effective immediately.

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