Allowing local Sametime clients to add external users to Contact Lists

Complete these steps to allow your Sametime® clients to add external users to Contact Lists.

About this task

Follow these steps to change policies to allow users to add external contacts.

Procedure

1. Log in to the Integrated Solutions Console.
2. Click Sametime System Console.
3. Click Manage Policies.
4. In the Instant Messaging tab, select the policy you want to change and click Edit.
5. In the Chat section select "Allow user to add external users using Sametime gateway communities."
6. Click OK.

Results

After you complete these steps, users will see an External Contact check box on the Add New Contact dialog. To add an external contact, users type the external user's email address (name@domain), select External Contact, and then click Add.