Messaging :: 81Chatting with MessagingWhen you exchange more than one message with asingle contact, your messages are grouped into a chatsession. The upper part of the Chat View displays allmessages you’ve exchanged with this contact, and thelower part provides a text entry area. You can carryon multiple chats at the same time and easily switchbetween them, using the pick list at the top ofthe screen.1. From the Inbox, select a chat.2. Enter your message.3. Select Send.Customizing your Messaging settings1. Open the menus .2. Select Options, and then select Preferences.3. Set any of the following preferences:• Messages: Your preferences for individual textmessages.• Create new messages as: Indicate if a blank textor a multimedia message appears when youcreate a new message.• Request Receipts (MMS only): Indicate if you want to receive a confirmationwhen a message is delivered, when it is read, or both.• Confirm message deletions: Indicate if you want deletion confirmationmessages to appear.• Privacy Mode (hide text): Indicate if you want the body text to appear in thealert when you receive a new message.To find the conversationsyou had with someone,open your Messaging Inboxand select a chat session.You can customize yourChat View settings on theChat tab in MessagingPreferences. See“Customizing yourMessaging settings” onpage 81.