WSJ.com - AOL Integrates Buddy Lists With Microsoft Outlook: "Users of America Online Inc.'s instant messaging service can now automatically see from Microsoft Corp.'s popular Outlook e-mail application whether their friends and colleagues are online.
A free tool AOL is offering beginning Monday integrates 'buddy list' information from AOL Instant Messenger with Outlook.
When you receive an e-mail from an AIM member who is online, a yellow 'running man' logo appears in the 'from' line next to the e-mail address. If you believe a quick chat session might be more appropriate in reply than a series of further e-mails back and forth, clicking on the logo launches the AIM software for you.
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Users need to configure little after downloading the Outlook plug-in developed for AOL by Intellisync Corp.
The tool, available at AIM.com, will comb through your Outlook address book and match your e-mail addresses with the corresponding AIM screen names that AOL has based on information collected during the AIM registration process. You can also add screen names manually."
Monday, February 28, 2005
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