Shoutbox

.....wen u sign in, wel b4 u sign, it gives u the usual statases to sign as (eg: 'appear offline/away etc etc). i juat wanna know if wen u sign as a particular status, lets say 'appear offline', will that show my contacts that i have signed in and then appear offline, or will it not show me signed at all ????   anndddddd r ther any plugins that would allow me to sign in as 'appear offline' without my contacts seeing that i have signed in ?????  any1 know ??????