Greetings Keith,

Using Windows Messenger 5.x, I'm afraid not.

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"Keith Beard" wrote in message
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My work only allows the use of Messenger 5.1. What I'm wondering is, is
there a way to login in automatically but login appearing offline?

Thanks,
Keith