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 4. Configuring Trillian
 4.1. Preferences
  Events



Idle Monitor

  • Based on when I'm using my mouse or keyboard: Determines when you are 'idle' by monitoring mouse/keyboard activity
  • Never automatically set me away or idle: Trillian will not track your idle status


Status Change
  • Set me "back" when I send an instant message
    "If checked, Trillian will see you as 'no longer away' when you send a message."


Play Sounds
  • Do not play sounds while away: Trillian will disable sounds when set to "Away"
  • Play inbound sounds only if window is out of focus: Trillian will play a sound when instant messages are received to windows only if they are not in focus
  • Suppress repeated contact list sounds after 2 seconds: Trillian will not play sounds rapidly in sucession. Instead, when a sound is played, any repetition of this sound will be supressed for 2 seconds


Away Messages
  • Away Message: Select a global state message from this list
  • Add: Creates a new global state
  • Edit: Edits the settings for the selected global state
  • Remove: Permanently removes the selected global state, and all settings for it



        Events: Advanced Tab



Events trigger actions within Trillian. If you want a particular sound to be triggered when you get Yahoo mail, you can set up and event in this section to make that happen.

From this screen you can add, edit, and remove events.

(we will be adding more detailed event information soon)