Can I invite a whole group of contacts to chat??

New to Messanger:

I am trying to use messanger in a virtual classroom type setting?
I have all contacts in a group of 20.
Do I have to click on each or accept invitations to chat??

1. What is the fastest way to get all of us (20 users) chatting once
we have agreed on a date and time?? (I mean invite all of them to join
in the same conversation)

2. Can I send a picture to a whole group or do I have to do it
separateley?
Can the blackboard be of use to show them all the same picture or
other
file?. May be it is better to just send a link to the picture???

Thanks

Greetings Markus,

1. Assuming everyone is on particular users' contact list, all one person needs to do is
"add" them into a conversation by opening one conversation window and using the "invite"
feature. You can also specify a group within Messenger (6.x), choose the Actions menu, then
Send an Instant Message, choose the Group and everyone will be added immediately. As soon as
the person inviting says something in the conversation, everyone will "be" in the
conversation.

2. You'll have to do this separately I'm afraid, a link would be preferred. The Whiteboard
functionality within Messenger actually only allows one-on-one users only (although you could
use Netmeeting on its own and have people connect to your IP for multiple users).
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"markus" <m7484@hotpop.com> wrote in message
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> New to Messanger:
>
> I am trying to use messanger in a virtual classroom type setting?
> I have all contacts in a group of 20.
> Do I have to click on each or accept invitations to chat??
>
> 1. What is the fastest way to get all of us (20 users) chatting once
> we have agreed on a date and time?? (I mean invite all of them to join
> in the same conversation)
>
> 2. Can I send a picture to a whole group or do I have to do it
> separateley?
> Can the blackboard be of use to show them all the same picture or
> other
> file?. May be it is better to just send a link to the picture???
>
> Thanks