Features:-
Skype offers a number of features based around calling (both free and
paid), messaging (including instant, voice and text messaging (SMS)),
video chat, and file and screen sharing.
Skype allows users to send instant messages
to other users in their contact list. Messages sent to offline users
are stored on Skype servers and will be delivered to their recipients as
soon as they come online on Skype. Chat history along with the message
status will be synchronized across all user devices supported by Skype
whenever the user signs in with the same Skype account.
Although Skype allows sending SMS messages, it is not possible to
receive SMS messages on Skype so users need a different way to receive
responses to the messages they send using Skype. This has been a cause
of angst among user who purchase Skype as an alternative to a mobile
phone because Microsoft will not refund any purchases even for users who
discover this missing feature only after purchasing multi-year
contracts. Other than in user complaints on the Microsoft Skype forums,
there is no mention on Microsoft or Skype websites that when they say
"Send SMS messages," that is just what they mean: users can send but
they cannot receive SMS messages.
Skype keeps user instant messaging history on user’s local computer and on Skype’s cloud for 30 days.[2]
Users cannot control how long their chat histories are stored on
Skype’s servers but can configure that option individually for every
their device.[2][3]
Once user signs-in to Skype on a new device the conversation history is
synced with Skype’s cloud and stored locally. Skype allows users to
remove or edit individual messages during one hour after sending; this
affects messages already received by chat interlocutors as well as not
delivered to them yet.
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