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BlackBerry Messenger

Contacts

Add a contact

You must invite contacts to use BlackBerry® Messenger before they are added to your contact list.

1. In BlackBerry Messenger, on the contact list screen, press the Menu key.

2. Click Add a Contact.

3. Perform one of the following actions:

• If the contact is not in your address book, highlight Use Once. Press the Menu key. Click Request by Email or Request by

PIN. Type an email address or PIN. Press the Enter key.

• If the contact is in your address book, highlight a contact. Press the Menu key. Click Request (Email) or Request (PIN).

4. Perform one of the following actions:

• If you want to set a password, and have turned on invitation passwords, type a question and answer. Click OK.

• If you do not want to set a password, and have turned on invitation passwords, click Cancel to proceed to the next step.

5. Perform one of the following actions:

• To add a custom message to your invitation, type a message. Click OK.

• To use the default invitation message, click OK.

Turn on invitation passwords

If you turn on invitation passwords, a question and password screen appears each time you invite a contact.

1. In BlackBerry® Messenger, on the contact list screen, press the Menu key.

2. Click Options.

3. Change the Ask Password Question When Adding Contacts field to Yes.

4. Press the Menu key.

5. Click Save.

Note: To turn off invitation passwords again, change the Ask Password Question When Adding Contacts field to No.

Respond to an invitation

1. In BlackBerry® Messenger, in the Requests group, highlight an invitation.

2. Click the trackball.

3. Click one of the following menu items:

• Accept

• Decline

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