Re: [Gaim-devel] Away status in Yahoo

[Nathan W. <fac...@fa...>]

On Tue, May 27, 2003 at 04:34:23PM +0530, Manish Jethani wrote:
> For yahoo, can't I set my away status to something, and let it
> remain (even if I am already in a chat conversation)?  The
> official yahoo client allows me to set my "away status" even if
> I'm active in a conversation.  This status displays against my
> name, in my friends' contact list.
>=20
> I tried the same with Gaim.  Just set my away status to
> something.  When I start messaging, etc. the status gets lost.
>=20
> Was wondering if there's any (planned) fix/workaround.

Preferences -> Away/Idle -> Sending messages removes away status

uncheck that, and you'll get the behavior you want.

Nathan

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