AIM blocking and spellchecking

March 31, 2005 2:40 PM

Is there any program out there that will let me a) spellcheck AIM messages and B) show myself as being "Away" or even offline to only certain people on my buddy list?
posted by trinarian to technology (8 comments total)

GAIM - for many platforms
Adium X - for Mac OS X

Although I'm not sure if they'll let you be away to only certain people, though both will let you be away yet still talk to people.
posted by trey at 3:02 PM on March 31, 2005

I was looking for the (B) functionality as well the other day. For some reason, I thought that an older version of AIM allowed you to put certain users on some sort of "blind listing" as well. Now all I find is the "block" list.

Ahh, so, yeah, I'd love to hear the answer to this. I haven't used this product, but it shows up all the time in IM threads, so it's worth checking out: Trillian.
posted by MrZero at 3:04 PM on March 31, 2005

From what I recall, Trillian lets you individualize your away status per contact. But that may not apply to AIM, and I do not have it installed on this particular computer. It doesn't have a spellcheck.
posted by rhapsodie at 3:08 PM on March 31, 2005

iChat (annoying though it sometimes is) will do MS Word-style spellchecking, underlining misspelled words in red.
posted by nebulawindphone at 3:13 PM on March 31, 2005

Proteus is shareware with an unlimited free trial, and I think after using it you will be happy to fork over the <$20 that a 4 user license costs. The forums are great for support, and there is a new version coming up soon.
posted by michaelkuznet at 3:49 PM on March 31, 2005

^--- Proteus is OSX only ---^
posted by michaelkuznet at 3:50 PM on March 31, 2005

I asked for this specific feature in Adium...I was told that i should just get another screen name.

Specifcally I wanted to:
Have a group that I could just group 'block' as they are work people at the end of the day
posted by filmgeek at 4:39 PM on March 31, 2005

The newer versions of AIM allow you to appear offline to certain people.
posted by geoff. at 7:36 PM on March 31, 2005