You can create a list of contacts whose presence status information you want to be aware of. You can view the information if it is not prevented by the contact or the network. You can view these subscribed contacts either by scrolling through the contacts or via the Subscribed names menu.

Make sure that the memory in use is either Phone or Phone and SIM. See Selecting settings for contacts in the printed Nokia 6230 User's Guide.

To connect to the Presence service, press Menu and select Contacts, My presence and Connect to My presence service. You can view the subscribed contacts even when you are not connected to the presence service, but you can not see the presence status information about the contact.

Adding contacts to the subscribed contacts

1. Press Menu and select Contacts and Subscribed names. If you have not connected to the Presence service, the phone asks if you want to connect now.
   
   
2. If you have no contacts on your list, press Add. Otherwise, press Options and select Subscribe new. The list of your contacts is shown.
   
   
3. Select a contact from the list; if the contact has an ID saved, the contact is added to the subscribed names list. If there is more than one ID, select one of them. After subscription to the contact, Subscription activated is shown.
   
   

Viewing the subscribed contacts

1. Press Menu and select Contacts and Subscribed names. The status information of the first contact on the subscribed names list is displayed. The information that the person wants to give the others may include text and some of the following icons: , or indicate that the person is either available, discreet or not available.  indicates that the person’s presence information is not available.
   
   
2. Press Options and select
   
   
   • Subscribe new to add a new contact to the list of subscribed names.
     
   • View details to view the details of the selected contact.
     
   • Chat to start a chat conversation.
     
   • Send message to send a text message to the selected contact.
     
   • Send e-mail to send an e-mail to the selected contact.
     
   • Send bus. card to send a business card from the selected contact.
     
   • Unsubscribe to remove the selected contact from thelist of subscribed names.
     
     

Unsubscribing a contact

• To unsubscribe a contact from the Contacts list, press  in standby mode and scroll to the contact you want to unsubscribe. Press Details, select the ID and press Options. To unsubscribe, select Unsubscribe and press OK to confirm.
  
  
• To unsubscribe via the Subscribed names menu, see Viewing the subscribed contacts in the printed Nokia 6230 User's Guide.