Re: AIM "privacy" issue

From: donnie (donnie_at_queyosepa.net)
Date: 11/10/04 

Date: Wed, 10 Nov 2004 02:56:17 GMT

On 9 Nov 2004 15:37:37 -0800, claydenski@yahoo.com (Clay Denski)
wrote:

>I have a question for those of you who use AIM (Aol instant
>messenger). I use it at work, for work. My boss uses it too, as do
>others. PRoblem is, whenever I get up to use the bathroom, I lock my
>computer (ctrl-alt-del then lock) so nobody gets in and plays pranks,
>but when I do that, AIM pops up on my bosses computer the message
>"Clay is Away". He doesn't have his messenger set up to NOT show
>those notifications. When I get back from using the bathroom, or
>whatever, it sends out another popup. This seems to me a privacy
>problem. Locking my keyboard should NOT force a broadcast of "I'm
>away". Yet there is no setting I can find in AIM to turn that off.
>
>Is there another IM I should use that would still be AIM compatible?
>
>Help!
######################
I never used it but look into Trillian.
donnie.

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