Appear Offline

[AzamSaghir]

When I open MSN Messenger 6 I would like to start with 'Appear Offline'
status. At the moment people can see if/when you come online through alerts.

How can I achieve that please?

Rgds
Azam

[Jonathan Kay [MVP]]

Greetings Azam,

Unfortunately there is no function for this. If you have a small contact list, you can block
everyone before you sign out, so that when you sign in, they won't see you until you unblock
them.
____________________________________________
Jonathan Kay
Windows MVP, Messenger
Associate Expert
http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/expertzone/
Messenger Resources - http://messenger.jonathankay.com

"AzamSaghir" > wrote in message
...
> When I open MSN Messenger 6 I would like to start with 'Appear Offline'
> status. At the moment people can see if/when you come online through alerts.
>
> How can I achieve that please?
>
> Rgds
> Azam
>
>

[Frenchie]

Hi Jonathan,

Do you have any idea why MS doen't want to include the possibility for the
user to define his status before to login?

This is the only drawback that keeps me from using Windows Messenger.


"Jonathan Kay [MVP]" > wrote in message
...
> Greetings Azam,
>
> Unfortunately there is no function for this. If you have a small contact
list, you can block
> everyone before you sign out, so that when you sign in, they won't see you
until you unblock
> them.
> ____________________________________________
> Jonathan Kay
> Windows MVP, Messenger
> Associate Expert
> http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/expertzone/
> Messenger Resources - http://messenger.jonathankay.com
>
> "AzamSaghir" > wrote in message
> ...
> > When I open MSN Messenger 6 I would like to start with 'Appear Offline'
> > status. At the moment people can see if/when you come online through
alerts.
> >
> > How can I achieve that please?
> >
> > Rgds
> > Azam
> >
> >
>
>

[Jonathan Kay [MVP]]

Hi,

Well, the protocol does allow it -- I'm really not sure at this point.
____________________________________________
Jonathan Kay
Windows MVP, Messenger
Associate Expert
http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/expertzone/
Messenger Resources - http://messenger.jonathankay.com

"Frenchie" > wrote in message
...
> Hi Jonathan,
>
> Do you have any idea why MS doen't want to include the possibility for the
> user to define his status before to login?
>
> This is the only drawback that keeps me from using Windows Messenger.
>
>
> "Jonathan Kay [MVP]" > wrote in message
> ...
> > Greetings Azam,
> >
> > Unfortunately there is no function for this. If you have a small contact
> list, you can block
> > everyone before you sign out, so that when you sign in, they won't see you
> until you unblock
> > them.
> > ____________________________________________
> > Jonathan Kay
> > Windows MVP, Messenger
> > Associate Expert
> > http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/expertzone/
> > Messenger Resources - http://messenger.jonathankay.com
> >
> > "AzamSaghir" > wrote in message
> > ...
> > > When I open MSN Messenger 6 I would like to start with 'Appear Offline'
> > > status. At the moment people can see if/when you come online through
> alerts.
> > >
> > > How can I achieve that please?
> > >
> > > Rgds
> > > Azam
> > >
> > >
> >
> >
>
>