8.4 Specifying How Long to Wait Before You Are Shown as Idle

When you do not use Novell Messenger for a certain amount of time, “Idle” displays next to the status for your name in other users' Contact Lists. You can change this amount of time.

  1. Click Tools > Options. For Macintosh, click Preferences > Options.

  2. Click General.

    Options dialog box showing the General page

  3. Make sure Show me as “Idle” when I'm inactive for __ minutes is selected.

  4. Change the amount of time.

  5. Click OK.