Setting up to use msn messenger, Working with contacts – RoverComputers RoverPC P7 PDA User Manual

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To use MSN Messenger, you must have an Internet connection. (For more
information, see sections 6.2 to 6.4.)

In addition, you must have a Microsoft Passport

 account or a Microsoft

Exchange email account. You must have a Passport to use MSN Messenger
Service. If you have a Hotmail

or MSN account, you already have a Passport.

Once you have one of these accounts, you are ready to set up your account.

NOTE:

Sign up for a Microsoft Passport account at http://www.passport.com. Get a free

Microsoft Hotmail email address at http://www.hotmail.com.

Tap

Programs Pocket MSN to connect to Pocket MSN web site where you

can subscribe to get popular MSN services on your Pocket PC.


Tap

Programs

and tap the

MSN Messenger

icon to switch to the program.

Setting Up to Use MSN Messenger

Before you can connect, you must enter Passport or Exchange account
information. Set up an account and sign in as follows:

1. In MSN Messenger, tap

Tools

Options

.

2. On

the

Accounts

tab, enter your Passport or Exchange account information.

3. To sign in, tap the sign-in screen and enter your email address and

password.

NOTE: If you already use MSN Messenger on your desktop computer, your contacts show

up on your Pocket PC without being added again.

Working with Contacts

The MSN Messenger window shows all of your messenger contacts at a glance
and are divided into Online and Not Online categories. From this view, while
connected, you can chat, send email, block the contact from chatting with you or
delete contacts from your list using the pop-up menu.

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