Document number: 12018

 

Alerts can be used in Sametime to let you know when new instant messages arrive, when you have successfully added a new person or group to your buddy list or to notify you when all or selected people (depending on the version of Sametime) in your buddy list become active.

To set alerts in Sametime Connect:

1. Launch Sametime Connect.

2. Section Options from the menu bar.

3. Select Preferences... from the drop down list

4. Click the Alerts tab:
   
   
   • When an invitation or new message arrives: Click in any or all of the boxes for specific type of notification when you receive a new instant message.
   • When I successfully add a person or a group: Click in the box so that a check mark appears so that each time you successfully add an individual or group to your buddy list, a message will appear letting you know that it was successfully added.
     
     
   • Specific Alerts: You can set an alert to inform you when a specific person or people from your buddy list becomes active.
     • To enable specific alerts from the Alerts tab:
       1. Prior to selecting Options -> Preferences and clicking the alert tab, you must have already clicked on the name of the person who you want to be alerted about.
       2. Click the Alert Me When... button.
       3. Notify me when (username): Click either or both options so that a check mark appears in the box.
       4. Notify me by: Click either or both options so that a check mark appears in the box. Select the additional option for either or both of the notifications selected.
       5. Al ways alert me on this person: If this option is not selected, you will only be notified once for the person you are setting this alert for.
       6. Click OK.

     The alert will now be set for the specified person based on the alert options selected.

     • To enable specific alerts from the main Sametime window:
     1. Click on the name of the person who you want to be alerted about.
     2. Select P eople from the menu bar and select Alert Me W hn... from the drop down list.
     3. Notify me when (username): Click either or both options so that a check mark appears in the box.
     4. Notify me by: Click either or both options so that a check mark appears in the box. Select the additional option for either or both of the notifications selected.
     5. Al wys alert me on this person: If this option is not selected, you will only be notified once for the person you are setting this alert for.
     6. Click OK.

     The alert will now be set for the specified person based on the alert options selected.

To disable any alert, follow the steps above, but click in the box so that a check mark no longer appears for the alert you want to disable.

 

 

 

 

 

Created by the PeopleSoft Knowledge Management Team.
Copyright © 2004 All rights reserved.
Created: sak 01/19/2001
Revised: dcb 07/24/2004
Reviewed: 08/19/2004