Introduction

ICQ plugins are external applications that can be added to your ICQ program to expand and enhance the functions of ICQ. Your ICQ 99b program comes with several pre-installed plugins developed by ICQ Inc. such as—the Greeting Card plugin, the Voice Message plugin, the sending E-ICQ plugin and the ICQ ActiveList Invitation plugin. You don’t need to install these plugins—ICQ has done the work for you, and included these features as options within your program.

In addition, you may download, install and activate additional plugins for ICQ that were developed or provided by third parties. If someone sends you such a plugin and you have not installed or activated it (or if someone sends you a preinstalled plugin that you have removed or disabled from ICQ) you will receive an Unknown Plugin notification. You may download this plugin from the ICQ Plugins Center if this plugin was developed by ICQ Inc., or you may download it from the user that sent you this plugin. See Receiving an Unknown Plugin for instructions.

See: Plugins-Configuring Preferences

See: Unknown Plugin-Receiving

For more information on configuring your general preferences for the plugins that you attach to your ICQ program, see Plugins Tab* of the main Help File.

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CAUTION!

Plugins for ICQ may be developed by third parties and may be harmful and cause extreme damage to your system.

By downloading, installing, activating or using any Plugin for ICQ developed or provided by third parties, you may be subject to various immediate and long-term risks, including without limitation:

•	Exposure to objectionable material and/or parties, including without limitation, contaminated files.

•	Unauthorized invasion of your privacy during, or as a result of, your or another's use of the Plugin.

•	Spoofing, eavesdropping, sniffing, spamming, breaking passwords, harassment, fraud, forgery, “imposturing”, electronic trespassing, tampering, hacking, nuking, system contamination including without limitation use of viruses, worms and Trojan horses causing unauthorized, damaging or harmful access and/or retrieval of information and data on your computer and other forms of activity that may even be considered unlawful.

•	Unauthorized exposure of information and material you listed or sent, on or through the ICQ system, to other users, the general public or any other specific entities for which the information and material was not intended by you.

If you do not wish to be subjected to these risks, you are strongly advised not to download, install, activate or use Plugins for ICQ that were developed or provided by third parties.

Some Plugins for ICQ were developed by ICQ Inc. To review the list of ICQ Plugins developed by ICQ Inc., please refer to the Plugins for ICQ Center available on or through http://www.icq.com/plugin/.

Before downloading any Plugin for ICQ from any user, and even if the account from which the Plugin for ICQ message is sent looks familiar to you, it is strongly recommended that you verify that the person sending you the Plugin is indeed the person you think he is, for example by asking him for some kind of information known only to the two of you.

Please verify that the sender is who you think he/she is and make sure that you want to receive, download, install or activate the Plugin for ICQ.

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This Help File is provided as a convenience only (See Welcome to ICQ version 99b*) and is subject to the provisions of the ICQ Terms of Service.

*Access this from the main Help File by clicking on the ICQ button, selecting Help, and then selecting Help Topics.

Copyright © 1999 ICQ Inc. All Rights Reserved.


Plugins-Configuring Preferences

Configuring Plugins Preferences

You may add a new plugin or configure the settings of a preinstalled plugin from the ICQ button in your ICQ Window.

To set your preferences for a plugin:

1.	Click on the ICQ button and select Preferences & Security. Then select Preferences to display the Owner Preferences dialog.

2.	Select the Plugins tab.

3.	Select the plugin you wish to configure from the list on the left of the Owner Preferences dialog.

4.	Choose from the following options.

•	Check the Play Sound box to set ICQ to play a sound every time you receive a voice message.

•	Click on the Play [image] button to hear the sound that will play. Press the [image] button to select another sound from another directory on your hard disk.

•	Select the Show Response Dialog radio · button to set ICQ to display a response dialog every time you receive a voice message.

•	Select the Auto Accept radio · button to set ICQ to automatically accept all incoming voice messages.

•	Select the Auto Decline radio · button to set ICQ to automatically decline incoming voice messages.

•	Select the Auto Decline From Users Not In My Contact List radio · button to set ICQ to automatically decline incoming voice messages from users that are not on your Contact List.

•	Click on the Remove button to disable the plugin.

•	Click on the Restore button to restore a disabled plugin.

To add Plugins for ICQ:

1.	Click on the ICQ button and select Preferences & Security. Then select Preferences to display the Owner Preferences dialog.

2.	Select the Plugins tab.

3.	Click on the Add button on the Plugins tab of the Owner Preferences dialog to import a plugin from another directory on your computer.

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CAUTION!

Plugins for ICQ may be developed by third parties and may be harmful and cause extreme damage to your system.

By downloading, installing, activating or using any Plugin for ICQ developed or provided by third parties, you may be subject to various immediate and long-term risks, including without limitation:

•	Exposure to objectionable material and/or parties, including without limitation, contaminated files.

•	Unauthorized invasion of your privacy during, or as a result of, your or another's use of the Plugin.

•	Spoofing, eavesdropping, sniffing, spamming, breaking passwords, harassment, fraud, forgery, “imposturing”, electronic trespassing, tampering, hacking, nuking, system contamination including without limitation use of viruses, worms and Trojan horses causing unauthorized, damaging or harmful access and/or retrieval of information and data on your computer and other forms of activity that may even be considered unlawful.

•	Unauthorized exposure of information and material you listed or sent, on or through the ICQ system, to other users, the general public or any other specific entities for which the information and material was not intended by you.

If you do not wish to be subjected to these risks, you are strongly advised not to download, install, activate or use Plugins for ICQ that were developed or provided by third parties.

Some Plugins for ICQ were developed by ICQ Inc. To review the list of ICQ Plugins developed by ICQ Inc., please refer to the Plugins for ICQ Center available on or through http://www.icq.com/plugin/.

Before downloading any Plugin for ICQ from any user, and even if the account from which the Plugin for ICQ message is sent looks familiar to you, it is strongly recommended that you verify that the person sending you the Plugin is indeed the person you think he is, for example by asking him for some kind of information known only to the two of you.

Please verify that the sender is who you think he/she is and make sure that you want to receive, download, install or activate the Plugin for ICQ.

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To disable a plugin:

1.	Click on the ICQ button and select Preferences & Security. Then select Preferences to display the Owner Preferences dialog.

2.	Select the Plugins tab.

3.	Select the plugin you want to disable and click on the Remove button on the Plugins tab of the Owner Preferences dialog.

Tip: You may need to go offline and then online again in order to activate the change.

To reactivate a disabled plugin:

1.	Click on the ICQ button and select Preferences & Security. Then select Preferences to display the Owner Preferences dialog.

2.	Select the Plugins tab.

3.	Select the disabled plugin you want to reactivate and click on the Restore button on the Plugins tab of the Owner Preferences dialog.

Tip: You may need to go offline and then online again in order to activate the change.

In addition to configuring your general preferences for plugins, you may configure specific preferences for each user on your Contact List. Refer to the Plugins Tab* of Alert/Accept Modes in the main Help File.

This Help File is provided as a convenience only (See Welcome to ICQ version 99b*) and is subject to the provisions of the ICQ Terms of Service.

*Access this from the main Help File by clicking on the ICQ button, selecting Help, and then selecting Help Topics.

Copyright © 1999 ICQ Inc. All Rights Reserved.


Unknown Plugin-Receiving

Receiving an Unknown Plugin

If you receive a plugin that you have removed or disabled from your owner preferences, or one that you have not downloaded or activated, ICQ will not recognize the plugin that was sent to you and you will have to download it or re-activate it. You may download these plugins from the ICQ Plug-in Center in the case they were developed by ICQ Inc., or from the user who has sent you the plugin.

When you receive a Download Plugin Request for a plugin you don’t have installed or activated, you will be notified by a flashing Unknown Plugin [image]  icon next to the sender’s name on your Contact List and in your desktop tray.

To accept an Unknown plugin request:

1.	Double-click on the flashing Unknown plugin [image] icon next to the sender’s name on your Contact List and in your desktop tray.

Or, select the sender’s name on your Contact List to display the pop-up menu of options, and then choose Receive. An Incoming Unknown Message dialog will appear.

2.	Choose from the following options:

•	Click on the Reply button to send the sender an event directly from this dialog. Choose an event from the pull-down menu of options.

•	Click on the Preferences button to access the Plugins tab of your Owner preferences to add or restore this plugin from another directory on your computer (usally C://Program Files/icq/Plugins if the plugin is a preinstalled plugin that you have removed or disabled.) See Plugins—Configuring Preferences* of the main Help File for instructions to configure this tab.

•	Click on the Download From Sender button to send the sender a Download Plugin Request. You may enter text in the Enter Comments/Request Reasons: field and then click on the Send button.

•	Click on the Download/Get Info on Plugins developed by ICQ Inc. to read about or download plugins developed by ICQ Inc. from the ICQ Plugin Center.

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CAUTION!

Plugins for ICQ may be developed by third parties and may be harmful and cause extreme damage to your system.

By downloading, installing, activating or using any Plugin for ICQ developed or provided by third parties, you may be subject to various immediate and long-term risks, including without limitation:

•	Exposure to objectionable material and/or parties, including without limitation, contaminated files.

•	Unauthorized invasion of your privacy during, or as a result of, your or another's use of the Plugin.

•	Spoofing, eavesdropping, sniffing, spamming, breaking passwords, harassment, fraud, forgery, “imposturing”, electronic trespassing, tampering, hacking, nuking, system contamination including without limitation use of viruses, worms and Trojan horses causing unauthorized, damaging or harmful access and/or retrieval of information and data on your computer and other forms of activity that may even be considered unlawful.

•	Unauthorized exposure of information and material you listed or sent, on or through the ICQ system, to other users, the general public or any other specific entities for which the information and material was not intended by you.

If you do not wish to be subjected to these risks, you are strongly advised not to download, install, activate or use Plugins for ICQ that were developed or provided by third parties.

Some Plugins for ICQ were developed by ICQ Inc. To review the list of ICQ Plugins developed by ICQ Inc., please refer to the Plugins for ICQ Center available on or through http://www.icq.com/plugin/.

Before downloading any Plugin for ICQ from any user, and even if the account from which the Plugin for ICQ message is sent looks familiar to you, it is strongly recommended that you verify that the person sending you the Plugin is indeed the person you think he is, for example by asking him for some kind of information known only to the two of you.

Please verify that the sender is who you think he/she is and make sure that you want to receive, download, install or activate the Plugin for ICQ.

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This Help File is provided as a convenience only (See Welcome to ICQ version 99b*) and is subject to the provisions of the ICQ Terms of Service.

*Access this from the main Help File by clicking on the ICQ button, selecting Help, and then selecting Help Topics.

Copyright © 1999 ICQ Inc. All Rights Reserved.