This FAQ has now been updated again (February 8th, 2005).
If you have any common questions about instant messaging, please post in this thread, and I will do my best to integrate it in this FAQ.
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Too Many People Contacting Me! What Do I Do Now?
This can sometimes happen if you imported your whole massive desktop buddy list into your BlackBerry.
To solve this problem, the easiest solution is to simply signup for separate IM accounts for your BlackBerry, separate from your desktop. That way, you can only add only the most important contacts ("buddies") to your IM buddy lists. That means people who you don't want contacting you on your BlackBerry, won't be able to ring you on your BlackBerry via IM.
The author of this FAQ, Mark Rejhon, uses this method. He keeps eight separate IM accounts -- two each on all four networks, four for desktop use and four for BlackBerry use. He keeps a subset of only the most important IM contacts on the BlackBerry.
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