have you tried this? 1. Sign off - You get the option to sign in again. Below that there is a link that says "Sign in with a different account or change your online status" 2. Click on that link - You get a pop up window that with fill-in boxes for your email address and password. Below that you have the option to set your Status to Appear Offline 3. Sign in - Your status will show you "offline"

On the buddy list window, up toward the top is your name. If you click your name there it has options. One is appear offline if you might like to hide from people. Then if someone messages you just dont reply if you dont want to. Seems like a lot of people do use that as when I send an offline message thinking it'll be plopped on their desk at next boot, they instantly reply. My computers for years and years have always been online, all of the time - and people that know me know that. I'm not always sitting here, people understand that. Some will harrass me with the Nudge sound over and over hoping to attract my attention ;) But as long as I dont intantly reply to them they never know if I'm sitting here for sure or not. I have it set to always show online. When you block someone they can email you but not message you. Might have to move them out of the hotmail delete folder and mark as legit the first time though.. been awhile since I purposely blocked some girl that thought she knew me, yet we exchanged several emails trying to convincer her I wasnt in her seventh grade class. Her friend, that obviously disliked her, when she asked for the friends email addy she told her 'go bonkers.

Hi salbwil, Drop down for uninstall only. I wonder if this came from hotmail when I opened hotmail awhile back to clean it out as I am through with their changes all the time and taking over with everything. A person doesn't know if they are in windows live hotmail or hotmail or windows live mail? Started to go to hotmail but got scared when I seen the word default on the status bar when it was DL'ing so stopped. Was scared it would make it my default mail on it's own like was done the last time I was there. Finally solved that problem which shook me up to make me afraid to go there again.

BlackBerry Messenger is simply an instant messaging program for BlackBerry-to-BlackBerry communication. It allows two people with BlackBerrys to chat in real time anywhere in the world so long as they have data service. With BlackBerry Messenger there is no per message charge like there is with SMS; messages are sent through RIM servers similar to email messages. BlackBerry® Messenger provides BlackBerry® users with the familiar look-and-feel of desktop instant messaging programs, right on their BlackBerry smartphone.