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If someone sends messages to you, you will see the number of newly received ones on the Chat menu:
or, next to the contacts in the left lists:
To check them, simply hover cursor over the Chat icon.
Click one message to see the full content in the mini chat. Alternatively, if you are in the chat window, click the contact that you see the icon of unread messages.