Would it be possible to add an option to be able to set your status to "idle", so it looks exactly like you've gone idle automatically.
Sounds like a strange idea i guess but messenger discovery does it:
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Able to see "idle" and go "idle"
Being idle is hidden with MSN Messenger, but MessengerDiscovery 3 will make this status visible and usable.
http://www.messengerdiscovery.com/?p=news
Don't really want to install messenger discovery for that one feature.
Would be useful if one of my contacts starting talking to me but i didn't want to talk to them at that time (for whatever reason) I could change to idle rather than have it look like i've manually set it to away looking like i've just ignored them!