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Friends
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With the Friends feature, you can use existing accounts from Gmail, LiveJournal or Jabber * to chat and share files with your friends. As soon as you sign into a service with your existing user name and password, LimeWire displays your friends so you can make lists of files to share with one another.
You do not need to sign into Friends to download and share files with LimeWire. However, the Friends feature is a fun and rewarding supplement to your LimeWire experience where you and your friends can discover and share files.
You can set which files to make available with friends even if they aren't signed in through LimeWire. However, you can only browse their files if they are signed into LimeWire and are sharing with you.
Sign In
You can sign in and access your friends' files through the Friends icon:
1. Click Sign In under the Friend heading. The Sign In window appears.
2. Enter your username and password for your preferred service.
Note: Your Gmail, LiveJournal and Jabber account password is encrypted to protect your privacy. Also, neither you, nor anyone else can access Gmail, LiveJournal or Jabber features or settings through LimeWire. Signing into these accounts only gives a list of your friends.
3. Click Sign In.
Now that you have signed into Friends, you can chat, share and browse your friends' files.
Sharing Files with Friends
To share files, click here
Browsing and Downloading Friends Files
You can browse files your friends are sharing with you. Once you have found a file you like, you can download it to your Library.
To browse and download files:
1. Click the Friends icon and click Browse Friends' Files to browse all your friends' files.
2. Click a friend's name on the left to filter by just that friend's files.
Note: For more information on filters, see Advanced Filters.
3. Click the desired file from the list of files. Your file begins downloading.
Updates from your friends
When your friends are sharing new files with you, a green "folder" icon will appear on the Friends icon. Click the icon to browse and see the new files:
Additionally, LimeWire displays a status message for updates:
Friends not Sharing Files
When your friends are not signed-in or are not sharing files with you, LimeWire will show this screen:
Chatting with Friends
With LimeWire's Chat feature, you can talk to your friends whether they are signed in through LimeWire or their preferred chat service.
To chat:
1. Click the Chat button at the bottom right corner of the screen. The chat window appears.
2. Double-click the user's name with whom you would like to chat.
3. Type your message and hit the Enter key to send your message.
Note: When using LimeWire chat with your Gmail login, the Gmail service may automatically log your chats (read more).
Click 'Off the Record' to turn off this Gmail feature.
Click 'On the Record' to turn on this Gmail feature.
Jabber services
* Gmail is a trademark of Google Inc., Jabber and LiveJournal are the registered trademarks of the XMPP Standards Foundation and LiveJournal, Inc., d/b/a LiveJournal.com, respectively. Neither Google Inc., the XMPP Standards Foundation nor LiveJournal.com are sponsors or partners of Lime Wire LLC nor do they endorse Lime Wire LLC or the LimeWire software. Use of these trademarks is merely to refer to the technology or service of the respective owner and not to confuse Lime Wire as the source of the respective Gmail, Jabber, and/or LiveJournal service or technology
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