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Keeping contacts visible in the chat list

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Gmail's auto-show feature automatically selects the people who appear in Chat based on the people you already communicate with most often. If you'd like to add someone so he or she always appears in Chat, follow these steps:
  1. Click Contacts along the left side of any Gmail page.
  2. From the All Contacts list, select the person you'd like to add.
  3. Beside Show in chat list:, select Always.

updated 8/19/2009

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