You can change your configuration o offline messages from "Show automatcly my offline messages when I sing in" to "Show me a link to offline messages on the principal window"...
Just go on WLM -> Toos > Opitions > Messages > Change the opition on the "Configutation of Instant Offline Messages"....
This can help you....
PS: Translated from protuguese.. so the terms may have some change: but the original idea was kept...
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