I have been able to display MSN standard status on sharepoint WSS 3.0(active, away, etc.), but wanted to be able to allow users to display custom status.  I've installed messenger plus and create custom status, but these status don't seem to display, only the standard ones.  The status color changes accurately, just the cusomized status information isn't displaying.  Should the custom status values be displaying on SharePoint and if so, any idea of why I may not be seeing them?

No they wont show. Custom statuses aren't really statuses. They are just text that is appended to your name. For instance if you type /naway I am outside; your real status is Away but you will have (I am outside) appended to your name.

Thanks for the reply.  So if the custom status is appended to the name, should I expect to see the name showing the appended text on SharePoint?