Managing Your Online Status

Your online status tells other people if you are available for online chats and instant meetings. Each online status is indicated by a unique icon and a customizable online status message.

If your online status is Active, Away, or Do Not Disturb, your name appears in green text in the contact list to indicate that you are logged on to Sametime Connect. When you are Offline, your name appears in black text to indicate that you are not logged on.

End users can select a default log-in status (such as "I am active" or "I am away") for their Sametime Connect clients. This log-in status appears to other online members of the Sametime community at the time the user starts the Sametime Connect client. This feature must be implemented with the Sametime toolkit.

The table below describes the types of online status:

Online Status	Icon	Definition	Default Message
Offline	No icon	Logged off and unavailable	(Person's nickname/name) is now offline.
Active	Regular users Mobile users	Logged on and available	I am active.
Away	Regular users Mobile users	Logged on but away from the computer. A person with this status can receive messages. Any messages will remain on the screen until the person returns to the computer.	(Person's name/nickname) is away or not using the computer now.
Do Not Disturb		Logged on but unavailable. You cannot send messages to people with this status.	Do not disturb me.

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