Use the options on the Preferences>Instant Messaging tab as follows: Be sure to click Save to save any changes you make to your preferences.
Login. Check the box if you want to log into IM automatically when you sign into the ETCMail Web Client. If the box is not checked, you will have to manually sign in by changing your status from offline to online from the status menu.
Notifications. Choose options for seeing IM notifications
Enable instant notifications shows brief pop up messages to notify other's of your contacts’ status.
Display presence notifications displays a brief pop up to notify you if a buddy is online or offline.
Display notification when a buddy changes status displays a brief pop up to notify you if a buddy changes their status in ETC IM.
When a message arrives. Choose settings to be displayed on IM.
Play a sound plays sounds when a message arrives. You need the Quicktime or Windows Media Player plug in installed to hear sounds.
Highlight the IM tab flashes the IM tab if you are working under a different tab and receive an IM message.
Flash the browser title flashes the browser title if you are working in a different browser tab or browser window and receive an IM message.
Chat. Customize your chat experience.
Save chat history saves your chat transcripts. You can access saved chats in the Chats folder under the Mail tab
Report idle status reports you as idle to your buddies if you are away from ETC for the amount of time specified in Idle timeout.
Idle timeout lets you choose the amount of time to pass before changing your status. Your status changes according to your specifications under the Set presence option.
Set presence lets you choose the status to be displayed when you do not access IM. The status changes according to the amount of time specified under Idle timeout.