What does the blue dot signify ?

[gabe]

Version: 2008
Operating System: Mac OS X 10.5 (Leopard)
Processor: Intel
Email Client: pop

What does the blue dot signify ? The one next to the sender's address, with drop down menu. It's what I use to add a sender's email address to my address book. But sometimes the blue dot changes to a generic avatar, sometimes it remains as a blue dot. What does it mean ?

 

[Diane Ross]

What does the blue dot signify ? The one next to the sender's address, with
drop down menu. It's what I use to add a sender's email address to my address
book. But sometimes the blue dot changes to a generic avatar, sometimes it
remains as a blue dot. What does it mean ?

The blue dot means the contact is not in your Address Book. The little man
avatar indicates it's in your Address Book.

 

[gabe]

Thanks, that's what I thought. But it seems pretty flakey - ie sometimes I add an address but the blue dot remains, or I click on the blue dot to add an address and it says it's already in the address book, or I get two emails from the same sender and one has a blue dot and one has the avatar guy …

 

[Diane Ross]

Thanks, that's what I thought. But it seems pretty flakey - ie sometimes I add
an address but the blue dot remains, or I click on the blue dot to add an
address and it says it's already in the address book, or I get two emails from
the same sender and one has a blue dot and one has the avatar guy …

I got further info on the icons.

The blue dot is the presence indicator. If you have Messenger installed, it
turns into a little person (pawn). You can click the down arrow to converse
using Messenger, etc.