You already use IM Forwarding to receive instant messages while you're away from your computer. You always reply with a text message when your friends contact you with IM to Mobile. Now you can do much more with AIM® TXT, and it's all through quick text messaging on your cell phone.

AIM TXT gives you access to AIM by sending simple text message commands to 246246. Just enter 246246 in the TO: field of your text message and then an AIM command from the list below in the message body. It's that easy :)

The full AIM TXT menu will be sent to your phone after you send 'login' to 246246 and reply with your Screen Name and password:

AIM
YourSN - YourAvailability
1 logout
2 status
3 send
4 avail
5 away
6 invis
7 bl ? buddy list
8 switchsn
9 help

status - update your AIM Status Message
Ex: status having lunch with Chuck

send - send an IM to a buddy
Ex: send ChattingChuck where are we meeting tonight?

login - log in to AIM
Ex: login

avail - set yourself to appear online and available; you can also update your AIM Status Message in the same command
Ex: avail
Ex: avail I'm back from lunch

away - set yourself to appear online and away; you can also update your Away Message in the same command
Ex: away
Ex: away at dinner until 7pm

invis - set yourself to appear offline; you can also update your AIM Status Message in the same command
Ex: invis
Ex: invis playing a round of golf

bl - get a snapshot of your Buddy List (all buddies in your 'Mobile Device' group)
Ex: bl

add - add a buddy to your 'Mobile Device' group
Ex: add GabbyGrace00

del - del a buddy from your 'Mobile Device' group
Ex: del ChattingChuck

switchsn - login with a different Screen Name
Ex: switchsn

help - some examples of AIM TXT commands
Ex: help

Tip: You can use the menu numbers in place of the command words! (like sending '7' is the same as sending 'bl')

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