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Subscribing and Unsubscribing to Conference Rooms

Conference room subscriptions enable the user to search and select among existing conferences and insert those as favorites, shown in the conference tab. To subscribe to a conference:

To Unsubscribe From a Conference

This removes a selected conference from the list of conferences.

  1. Select the Conferences tab in the main Instant Messenger window.
  2. Select the conference you wish to unsubscribe from.
  3. Select Remove Conferences from the File menu.
  4. The conference is removed from the conference list pane.

To Create a News Channel

  1. In the Main window, select News from the Tools menu.
  2. The News Channels window appears.

  3. Select the Manage News Channel option from the Tools menu of the News Channels window.
  4. The Manage News Channel window appears.

  5. Click the news Channel Administration button.
  6. The News Channel Administration Window appears.

  7. Click on the new news Channel button.
  8. Type a name for the news channel in the News channel text box.
  9. Use the Default Access drop-down list to select the access options to be granted to all users.
  10. Write: Select Write if you want all users to be able to send messages as well as read them.

    Read: Select Read if you want all users to be able to read messages only, not send them.

    None: Select None, if you want only a few users to be able to view this news channel.

  11. For user administration Administering Conferences and News Channels for more information.
  12. Click OK to return to the Manage News Channel.
  13. The new news channel appears in the select news channel text list.

See Also:

Administering Conferences and News Channels


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