Windows Live Messenger contacts showing as online even though they are offline

[Richard Laager]

On Fri, 2008-09-19 at 14:01 -0500, Maiku wrote:
> As of 2.5.0, MSN has two ways it does mobile messaging. The first is
> when the contact sets up their mobile phone with MSN, possibly through
> an MSN client on their phone, and they will be able to log on and off
> with it. The other method is done when you set a contact's mobile
> number. Then you can send text messages to their mobile phone, but
> they appear always online.
> 
> I'm starting to think there ought to be a distinction between the two
> modes as not everyone wants to use the latter mode.

Could we just disable that second mode for now and then try to figure
out how it should be used, if at all? I've got contacts with their
phones *on* where messages to them just disappear into the ether.

Richard
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