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Originally posted by Drakir
I know that sometimes my contacts status changes to idle as opposed to away, is this related in anyway to the show me as away when inactive for x minutes
Yes, that is exactly that... note that it will only kick in when your status is set to "online"...
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Originally posted by Drakir
do you know if your own status changes to idle, ie does it say at the top of your window.
Nope.... Not unless you reshack MSN Messenger. (see
Matty.'s reply to Is it possible or anyway of telling the real status of the contact??) Also, by reshacking you can see the "Idle" status of other people too....
Also note that Messenger Plus! does report it in the Event Log Window if you or one of your contacts become "Idle"...
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Originally posted by Drakir
Also is idle if you are idle on your pc, ie not touching the keys or mouse, or is it just not using msn.
It is not using your PC...
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Originally posted by Drakir
how long does it take you to become idle.
The amount of time you've set in
Tools > Options > Personal > Show me as away when I'm inactive for x minutes
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Originally posted by Drakir
also i noticed MD has an option to stop you appearing idle
Since MD uses a proxy (it sits between MSN Messenger and the internet), it can catch these things and overwrite the "idle" status, nothing more. There is nothing special about it...
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Originally posted by Drakir
if you can configure idle by messenger > tools > options then why does MD have an option to stop yourself appearing idle?
Who knows.... because someone requested it because s/he didn't want people to know that s/he was actually idling?
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Originally posted by Drakir
so is it possible to know when you yourself are appearing idle? or will it not happen because to know youd have to be sitting at the pc and so touching keys etc etc so you would never be able to view yourself as idle?
Erm, just sit at your pc and don't touch anything and stare at the main Messenger window for x minutes like a zombie (after you reshacked msn messenger).....
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