To send instant messages with Messenger, review message history, or manage contacts, you must have Messenger running with the window open or with it minimized in the notification area of the Windows taskbar.
To open Messenger
In Office Manager, do one of the following:
Click
the Secure Messenger button
on the toolbar.
On the File menu, click Secure Messenger.
The Messenger window opens.

If you minimize the window, you will continue to receive messages.
To maximize the window after minimizing it, do one of the following:
In Office
Manager, click the Secure Messenger
button
on the toolbar.
In Office Manager, on the File menu, click Secure Messenger.
Double-click
the Secure Messenger icon
in the notification area of the
Windows taskbar.
Right-click
the Secure Messenger iconĀ
in the notification area of the
Windows taskbar, and then click Maximize.