20Use the Away MessageIf you want to stay online and receivemessages, but you don’t want to beinterrupted or you want others to know thatyou might not respond right away, you canturn on an Away Message. Others who haveyou on their Buddy List will see an Away iconnext to your name. They can still sendinstant messages to you, but your phone willnot give an audio alert for new messagesand will send an automatic Away Messagereply.To turn on the Away Message, completethe following steps:1. From the AIM Online menu, selectAway Message then press theSelect softkey.2. Select On then press the Selectsoftkey. A confirmation messagedisplays when your status is set.