In yahoo messenger, how come he knows that i'm online when i signed-in as offline to everyone?
608292
dont contact yahoo!!! that is if you like the guy, cause he can get in major trouble. Ya he probley has freeware that changes file in yahoo messenger's program setup, jest like aim punters
668392
Yes, depending on what Instant Messenger network are you in.\n\nIn Yahoo it is possible, the person just signs on to see the messages when the person was not on-line and the same is true for MSN.\n\nOn AIM, this is not possible unless you setup AIM to forward Messages to you via cell phone when you sign off. \n\nOn others, you just have to see the program.
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if they don't want you to see them on line, they will mark  your username as allways see me offline
132530
There could be many reasons!\ndo you really log off once you're done using messenger!\nif you dont, then yahoo does not send offline messages thinking that you are still online!\nor the settings in your preferences might be modified to not receive offlines.
619701
It means that they are "signed on." Not necessarily in Messenger, but they could be looking at their Yahoo! Mail, playing a game or something else that requires them to enter their screen name and password.
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Depend on the version of your messenger. If you are using the latest version, it's easy. Move your pointer to a person's name who you like to appear offline to him, choose "you appear offline to this contact". Conversely, choose appear online to the contact you want yourself to be online to him.
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it is due to internet connection speed \nif ur internet connect speed is slow then ur status will be online in other's messenegr.\nor \nif ur frnd's connection speed is slow ur status will be online in his messenger even if u r offline.\nStatus in Yahoo messneger changes when it will refresh its serviec but if connection speed is slow it will take time ...
587791
does your mom know that you're online?
545822
someone is coming online in ur yahoo messenger \nor in icQ
1079378
I agree with Jane, Even though you had knew the person who had you in their friends list, can remove it without giving you prior information. But if we, tend to wonder that to its extent, we can have as much as people who have had us and removed us. At least a person having you in their friends, can do would be to see if you are on-line or not. Otherwise, the purpose for which you have added (as Jane said we all will be added  \nonly with our permission) will be a void for them if they use that  to see only your on-line status. Never-mind, even 360 can tell our status. But you know, we have granted rights to control our status for both the service, 360 or chat_messenger.\nA good friend mails you regularly.\n\nAll i can say is, recon the help/service others have grant you and never-mind the help/service you provided others.\nIf the other one do hold this view, can solve you even better than me or Jane.
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Hi,\nUse buddy spy to find out who are online.. its applicable only for Yahoo Messenger.\n\nBye,\nCreativity
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k, what u want to do is keep them on ur list and goto ur strangth list (right click on the name, go to strangh, go to put person on the show me offline to this person) this way u never have to go to the invisible mode.
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If you use the Messenger menu on top go to,\n\nMessenger>My Status>Invisible to Everyone will show you offline to everybody, but you will still be able to see everybody.
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k heres one way (it might not be the way that ur friends use tho) \n1. sign on AIM like you normally would\n2. put the "hidden eye" button on. (this means that other people see you as "signed off")\n3. put your away message on\n4. take off your "hidden eye". this will make it appear to others as though u just signed on for the first time (and your away message will still be on)
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It is probably nothing.  If you don't log out when you leave, the Yahoo computer doesn't know that you are gone.  So when you come back, it thinks that there are two of you.\n\nIf you have any doubts, change all of your passwords to something that cannot be guessed.
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I know that if you try to use the web version of yahoo messenger it doesn't always log you completely out.  I had to start up full messenger & log into that ID to get my other account to show as offline after I used the web version of messenger.  \n\nIt's just a yahoo quirk.  And yes, Beta could very well have something to do with it.  When yahoo made a big change 4 or 5 years ago...messenger was screwed for months.  People would stay visible online for weeks at a time even when they weren't online.  If yahoo doesn't keep their servers in sync with each other, this will happen.
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If you mean is there a database or the info stored somewhere that would tell you that, then no.\n\nYou can add the person's ID to your messenger & watch to see when s/he comes & goes offline.