Shoutbox

thanks for the reply.  unfortunately, the problem is much worse since i last posted.  all my contacts on desktop now appear offline when my messenger starts.  i need to restart the messenger for those contacts on desktop to show the correct status.  although restarting the messenger corrects the status for contacts on desktop, it only corrects the status for that moment and the status do not update thereafter with any change to actual status.  anyhow, i will keep an eye out for the new version which i will look forward to and hope will fix this feature.