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Hi, I discovered that sometimes Messenger Plus! Live log shows a contact's display picture change even when this person haven't been online. Does it mean that this person is appearing offline or this is just a Messenger Plus! Live's bug?

Many thanks!

This is not a bug.

If Messenger Plus! shows that a contact has changed the display picture it means that Messenger Plus! recieved this information from Windows Live Messenger.

And the reason for that could well be a network lag.

I don't understand much about network lags, but when it occurred the contact had been offline the whole day... do you think WL Messenger would send a notification many days after the event occurrence or do it really sends information about a contact even when he/she is appearing offline?

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Originally posted by amszg
I don't understand much about network lags, but when it occurred the contact had been offline the whole day... do you think WL Messenger would send a notification many days after the event occurrence or do it really sends information about a contact even when he/she is appearing offline?

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I have seen it happen that info comes many many hours, even a day later; especially stuff like DPs. Although that should only happen very rarely. If there is a lag it is usually max an hour or something like that.

But it could also be that the contact did sign in, but immediatly signed out again, and that the first event (signing in) wasn't broadcasted properly or lost between other stuff (this seems more common tbh, sometimes Messenger seems to miss events).

Either way, the point is that there are all kinds of explanations other than the "he is appearing offline, thus he wants to avoid me" or "he has blocked me" conclusions like some people directly want to jump to.