Copy AIM's away message

Jul 07, '04 09:11:00AM

Contributed by: Anonymous

If you have ever posted an away message with AOL Instant Messenger, you know that once you Set your away message, you cannot copy it, if say, you wanted to save it for future use or paste it into another application.

To allow yourself to be able to copy your away message, add your own AIM screen name to your buddy list. Then, view your profile by either pressing Command-G and then type in your screenname or by Control-clicking on your name and selecting Show Member Information from the pop-up menu.

[robg adds: I'm not sure why you'd need to copy your away message, given how short most of them are, but if you need to do so, here's a solution. I haven't tested this as I don't have AIM installed...]

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