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Accessing multiple AIM names to one buddy in iChat Apps
I have friends who insist on changing their AIM screen names every couple of months. I want to keep track of all of their screen names under one buddy in iChat. Its a little counter-intuitive but you can do this by highlighting their name in the buddy list, hitting Command-Shift-I (or Get Info in the Buddies menu) and entering as many comma separated values as you want in the AIM field (or the email field), which is under the "Address Card" pop-up menu next to "Show."
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Authored by: pickerin on Nov 20, '02 10:57:29AM

It's probably not "Assing" that it should refer to, but there's a supported way of attaching multiple AIM IDs to a single name.

Since iChat is connected directly to the AddressBook. Just open the AddressBook, go to the name card for your buddy. Hit the "Edit" button at the bottom. There is an entry there for "AIM". You can hit the little plus sign next to the name and add another entry. The great thing about doing this is that you can assign each of the names a "Tag" like "Home", "Work", "Mobile", etc.

Now, if someone can tell me how to direct a message to a specific name defined in this way, I'd be happy.

-Rob <osxhints@pickering.net>



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Whoops! :-)
Authored by: robg on Nov 20, '02 11:35:25AM

OK, that might be my worst typo ever! :-)

-rob.



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