What if I am being Harassed ?

In the unfortunate event that someone chooses to harass you, just check the little boxes next to their handle, and you will not see anymore messages from them. Be sure to check boxes under this symbol to ignore public messages and under this symbol to ignore private messages from this user. Then make sure your very next action is to post a message or click on the "Speak" or "Whisper" button to set your Ignore Feature... if you click on the "Get New Messages" button, you may disconnect the Ignore Feature. If they are still able to interfere with you in any way, here is the info we will need to take any action:
The handle and ID number (this is the number that appears next to a handle while in the chat room) of the person causing the problem should be the 'Subject heading' in an email sent to the address below. In addition to the 'handle and ID number' we will need a copy of the page that the harassment occurred on. Please copy and paste the 'source' of the page and send it to us using the link at the top of the page.

Chatalot Inc. respects the privacy of others, and we ask our users to do the same. Chatalot may, in appropriate circumstances and at its discretion, disable and/or terminate the accounts of users who may be infringing the privacy rights of others.

If you believe that your privacy has been violated in a way that constitutes harassment, or your rights have been otherwise violated, please provide Chatalot's Privacy Agent the following information:

• an electronic or physical signature of the person authorized to act on behalf of the individual or intellectual property interest;
• a description of the information or other intellectual property that you claim has been infringed;
• a description of where the material that you claim is harassment is located on the site;
• your address, telephone number, and email address;
• a statement by you that you have a good faith belief that an individual has made unauthorized use of your identity, intellectual property, its agent, or the law;
• a statement by you, made under penalty of perjury, that the above information in your Notice is accurate and that you are the individual in question or the copyright or intellectual property owner or authorized to act on the copyright or intellectual property owner's behalf.

Chatalot's Agent for Notice of claims of privacy violation, electronic harassment, copyright or other intellectual property infringement can be reached by using the contact link at the top of the page. Please make the subject read: Attn: copyrights/privacy.

Ignore Outside Messages

When chatting you may receive messages from people that are looking at the Live List. To disable this feature:
select >>Set Options >>Check the check box next "Ignore Outside Messages", select >>Done, then continue to chat.

Configure Your Experience!

You may choose to "Configure" any room by choosing to ignore certain people and only see messages posted from those you choose. To select a group of friends in a room, simply check the Private Message box next to their names. Check the IGNORE box next to everyone's name that you do not wish to share a conversation with. To keep the boxes checked and carry on a conversion with the same people in private, be sure to click on the "Speak" button after you check the Private message box. If you click on "Get New Messages" or use the Express Public Message Box, your selections will not be stored.

PM Error Message:

When you log in, use a short name without HTML in the grey pop up box, then use HTML in your Handle on the Room entry page. Your HTML must be correct with closing tags included, or you'll have trouble with Private Messages.
BEWARE: If your Handle is composed with very complex HTML you will have problems with the PM system.
There is a link to the Bug Report in each room, please use it to send us a note if you have a problem.

If you are receiving an Error Message after trying to send a PM (private message) to someone... chances are that you are using an Image in your Handle. We have found that if you eliminate the "..." Double Quotes from around the source code of your Image's URL, this may solve the problem. There have been reports that this problem is most prevalent in Microsoft IE 5 and Web TV browsers.

WebTV Version 1.5 of the CustomChat Software is WebTV friendly in the "Manual" chat mode, not the "Real Time" mode, due to the way webTV deals with frames.

AOL Users accessing Chatalot will need to use the Internet Explorer browser instead of the AOL. You can log on to AOL and then minimize the window. Click on the blue "E" which should be on your desktop to open Internet Explorer. Type in www.chatalot.com and you will have a normal experience in Chatalot.

Time Out/Ghosted:

There is a ten minute grace period for inactivity, then your handle will be removed from the room to make space for another person.
Occasionally we will restart the server, when we do, you will be ejected from the room:-(
The good news is that you will be brought right to the entry page of the room you were in, and your handle will already be in the text area! All you have to do to re enter is hit the "enter" button.

Microsoft Browsers:

Some versions of *MSIE 3.0 will not allow use of the "Express Public Message" option. Due to the way Microsoft deals with cache. You may want to set your cache to verify documents "Every Time", or upgrade to IE 4.0 or better.