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Setting Availability on Yahoo! Messenger

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How to Limit Distractions with Your Availability

Reproduced with permission of Yahoo! Inc. ©2008 Yahoo! Inc.
Ever leave your Yahoo! Messenger account signed in to find you receive an IM at the worst possible moment? Taking advantage of Yahoo! Messenger’s availability status feature lets your contacts know when you are open for an interruption on the computer or when you can’t be reached.

You can even use Yahoo! Messenger’s availability status to set your account to invisible, making it appear you have signed off when you want to continue a conversation with a contact without someone else know you are online.

To access the Yahoo! Messenger availability status panel, first click “Messenger” on the top Yahoo! toolbar, then select “My Availability.”

Reproduced with permission of Yahoo! Inc. ©2008 Yahoo! Inc. YAHOO! and the YAHOO! logo are registered trademarks of Yahoo! Inc.

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