Contents

Overview

The personal client screen

Command reference

Launching other clients

Help

How do I...


Overview of the Personal Client

The personal client lets you change your user settings and see your current statistics. You can launch other programs, like Chat, from the personal client.


Help

Help topics

About the Personal client


Help topics

Opens the online help system.


About the Personal client

Displays version, registration, and system resource information about the personal client.


The personal client screen

The left-hand side of the Personal Client screen displays your current account settings. You can change your system password by clicking Change Password and typing the updated information in the dialog box that appears.

User name

Messages written

Number of calls

User since

Last call to system

Last new files

Downloads

Uploads

Account balance

Netmail balance

Available for instant messages

Change Password

The right-hand side of the screen displays buttons that allow you to launch other Navigator clients.

Invite chat

Who's on

Instant message

Chat


How do I
How do I...

Changing your settings

Reading your statistics

Changing your password

Launching other clients


Changing your settings

Available for instant messages and chat

Changing your password


Available for instant messages and chat

Turn your availability options on or off. Enable this feature if you want to be able to receive instant messages and invitations to chat from others online.


Reading your statistics

User name

Messages written

Number of calls

User since

Last call to system

Last new files

Downloads

Uploads

Account balance

Netmail balance

Available for instant messages


User name

Displays the name you use when connecting to this system.


Available for instant messages

Enable this feature if you want to be able to receive instant messages and invitations to chat from others online.


Changing your password

To change your password:

1.   Click Change Password.

2.   Type in the old password.

3.   Type in the new password to use.

4.   Type the new password in again, so that the remote system can verify the right password has been used.

5.   Click OK to accept the new password, or Cancel to exit without changing your password.


Launching other clients

Invite chat

Who's online

Instant message

Chat


Initiate chat
Invite chat

You can initiate a chat session with another caller, providing that the other caller is currently online and available for chat. To initiate chat:

1.   Click Invite chat to request a chat with another online caller.

2.   Enter the name of the caller with whom you want to chat

3.   Click Send.


Who's online

To see who else in online:

1.   Click Who's On.

2.   The Who's Online client is launched, letting you see what other callers are currently online.


Instant message

1.   Click Instant Msg.

2.   The instant message client is launched, letting you send an instant message to another caller.


Chat

1.  Click Chat.

2.   Sends you to the main chat room, where you can chat with other online callers.


Messages written

Displays the number of messages you have written on this remote system.


Number of calls

Displays the number of times you have connected with this remote system..


User since

Displays the date you first connected with the remote system.


Last call to system

Displays the last time you have connected to this system.


Last new files

Displays the last date you checked for new files in the file database.


Downloads

The number of downloads credited to your account is displayed in number of files and Kbytes.


Uploads

The number of uploads credited to your account is displayed in number of files and Kbytes.


Account balance

On systems that keep a running balance, your current balance is displayed here.


Netmail balance

Displays your netmail balance on systems that have netmail accounts.


Command reference

User name - Your user name.

Messages written - The number of messages written by you.

Number of calls - The number of times you have connected to this system.

User since - The date of your first call to this system.

Last call to system - The date of your most recent call to this system.

Last new files - The date of the last time you searched New Files.

Downloads - The number of downloads you have received from this system. This is displayed as both number of files and total Kbytes.

Uploads - The number of uploads you have sent to this system. This is displayed as both number of files and total Kbytes.

Account balance - On systems charging for connection, your current account balance is displayed here.

NetMail balance - On systems charging for NetMail, your current account balance is displayed here.

Available for instant messages - Select Yes or No. If you want to be available to send and receive instant messages and chat requests, select Yes. Selecting No tells Navigator to refuse to accept these messages when sent.

Change Password - Opens the Change Password dialog box, allowing you to change your password for this system.

Invite chat - Launches the Instant Message client, allowing you to invite another caller to chat.

Whos on - Launches the Who client, displaying information about currently connected callers.

Instant Message - Launches the Instant Message client, allowing you to send an instant message to another online caller.

Chat - Launches the Chat client, allowing you to chat with other online callers.

Close - Closes the Personal Information property sheet.