Now let's see another item contained inside of the Main Menu, 'Security & Privacy': Security & Privacy 
The above window is helpful to configure ICQ according to your privacy and security necessities. Here you can configure general settings about security, and you can build 3 lists: ignore list, invisible list and visible list. Let's see general settings about security. Here you can: - Allow all user to add you to their contact list (the field 'All users may add me to their contact list' is checked).
- Require you authorization. In this case all users will have to ask you for your authorization to add you to their contact list (the field 'My authorization is required' is checked).
- Allow all users to see your IP address (the field 'Do not allow others to see my IP address' is not checked). If this field is checked, users won't be able to see your IP address.
- Change your password.
- Allow others to view your online presence on the web.
- Configure the security level.
- You can require a password to launch ICQ (the field 'High' is checked).
- You can require a password to change user information only (the field 'Medium' is checked).
- No password is required (the 'Low' field is checked).
Ignore List 
Here you can restrict more your privacy. In fact you can: - Accept messages only from users on my contact list - well, I suggest you to leave this field unchecked. In fact if you check this field, you won't be able to receive messages from users outside of your contact list. Really sad thing I think. My best friends are once upon a time unknown people who sent me a message saying 'Hi'...
- Do not accept Multi-Recipient Messages from 'All Users' - Good way to avoid spamming. No one will be able to send you multi-recipient messages. However suppose that your friend change email address. What will he do? Almost surely he will send his new address to all his friends. Well, in this case, you won't able to know his new address...
- Do not accept Multi-Recipient Messages from 'Users not on my Contact List' - Good way to avoid spamming. No one will be able to send you multi-recipient messages except users on your contact list.
- Add To Ignore List - press this button to add an user to this list.
Invisible/Visible List 
Users listed here won't be aware of your presence online until you send them an event (a message for example). However the field 'Allow others to view my online presence on the World Wide Web' must be unchecked, otherwise all users will be able to view your online presence on the web. So if you are say, in 'Invisible' mode or 'Available/Connect' mode, users listed here won't be aware of your presence online. However you could allow some users to view your online presence even when you are in 'Invisible' mode adding them to the 'Visible List'. Now let's see how to configure ICQ. Let's see the 'Preferences' menu. First window: Contact List 
Here you can: - Change contact list colors
- Sort List Alphabetically
- Remove Buttons from ICQ Main Window
- Access Menus By Left Button - if this field is checked you will be able to use ICQ by pressing the left button of your mouse. When this field s unchecked you must use the right button.
- Always on top -
- Popup Contact List upon Incoming Event - if this field is checked, whenever an event occurs, the contact list's window will popup.
- Make 'Floating Users' Always On Top - you can make users 'floating'. So you will able to move the floating user's icon wherever you want on your desktop. When this field is checked, floating users will be put on top of contact list.
- Flash In Tray Only When Minimized - if this field is checked, floating users will flash only wheter the contact list is minimized.
- Show Online Only Tab in the Contact List - if this field is checked you could see only online users.
- Move Last User That Sent an Event To The Top of The Contact List
- Auto Hide Delay - you can set a delay time in order to hide the ICQ window.
Now let's see the second window: Events 
Here you can: Define what ICQ has to do when an any event occurs. Besides you can define what ICQ has to do when a particular event occurs. Fields contained into the 'On All Event' frame define ALL events. However you can choose the event to handle by means of the field: 'Select Event to Configure'. Let's see general settings on all events: - Pop Up Response Dialog - if this field is checked you will get a popup window asking you a confirmation on all events (for example if you receive a message).
- Play Sounds - ICQ can play a sound when a particular event occurs.
- Jump to Incoming Event in the List - as soon as an event occurs ICQ will open the contact list showing you the incoming event.
- Auto Send Messages Through Server - you can send messages to an user even he is offline. You can do it by sending the message by means of the ICQ server. In other words your message will be placed to the user's incoming mailbox. As soon as the user will connect again, he will be able to read it.
You can also define these events: 'ICQ Chat', 'Web Page Address (URL)', File Transfer and 'Internet Phone/Games/Chat'. Let's see these events: ICQ Chat - Show ICQ Chat Request Response Dialog - if this field is checked a popup window will come out asking your confirmation.
- Auto Accept ICQ Chat - if this field is checked you will accept any ICQ Chat request.
- Auto Decline - if this field is checked ICQ will decline all chat requests.
Web Page Address (URL) - Show URL Response Dialog - if this field is checked a popup window will come out asking your confirmation.
- Auto add URL to Bookmarks - if this field is checked you will accept any URL sent to you and that URL will be placed inside of your bookmarks.
- Auto Decline - if this field is checked ICQ will decline all URLs sent to you.
- Auto Open URL in Browser - if this field is checked ICQ will open your browser as soon as you receive an URL.
File Transfer - Show File Request Response Dialog - if this field is checked a popup window will come out asking your confirmation.
- Always Overwrite Existing Files - if this field is checked all received files will overwrite all existing files with the same name.
- Auto Receive Files - if this field is checked you will receive all files without your confirmation. I suggest you: this field must be ABSOLUTELY UNCHECKED. In fact you could receive viruses of trojan horses...I suggest you: check all incoming files with an antivirus software.
- Auto Decline - if this field is checked ICQ will refuse all incoming files.
- Auto Decline From People Not On My Contact List - if this field is checked ICQ will refuse all incoming files sent from people not on your contact list. In other words you can receive files from people on your contact list.
Internet Phone/Games/Chat - Show Internet Phone/Games/Chat Request Response Dialog - if this field is checked a popup window will come out asking your confirmation.
- Auto Accept Internet Phone/Games/Chat - if this field is checked you will accept all Internet/Phone/Games/Chat requests.
- Auto Decline - if this field is checked ICQ will refuse all Internet/Phone/Games/Chat requests.
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