Do any of you use Skype?

[katierocket]

If so, do you leave Skype me switched on?

Em I use it all the time and I do have weirdos trying to talk to me but I just ignore them. There is some way of setting it so weirdos cant contact you but I haven't figured that out yet.

Ah yes, I just switched it on. As have included by skype contact on the end of my email signature but just had a message from someone random and I didn't know if I was likely to be flooded with them. Do you ever use the SMS message feature?

This reminded me that I have to set it up again this Christmas including getting it to recognise my webcam so we can skype my parents (My mum has got my dad a webcam for Christmas)
I know my 2 single friends are constantly on skype me and sit chating to people from all over the world, one got a few dates out of it too and a trip to Vienna and Paris to meet people. I used to have it switched off as I only wanted it to talk to certain people.

Yes I use it really most days, I talk to my family in Ireland, well this week my dsis is in NY and Db is in LA so I have been chatting to them. We have a friend that lives in Oz as well and I chat to him on it. I use the sms when am too busy to have long chat iyswim

presumably the SMS feature is free if you're sending to other skype users?

What sort of webcam do you all use? I have a microsoft one and when I connected it the Cd installed that microsoft messenger thing which took ages to get rid of and now the Skype programme can't find my webcam - why can't it be straight forward plug and play like it says?

Oops no I have never used the sms servce, I thought you meant the instant messages

I don't have a webcam yet. MY laptop is a bit rubbish but I'm getting a new one in Jan so wil l definitley try and use the webcam feature.

Re: messages - I didn't even know there were instant messages - where are they then?!

If you right click on a contact name it opens a dialogue box for ims

oh yes, thanks.