msn messenger

[legolas]

Hi,

In msn messenger, the people who come online, I know that I can keep them on my list or delete them or block them.
But, I want to do something else... I want the status of certain people to be not shown (always offline) and keep them on the list without deleting or blocking. I mean... I dont want to know any information about the contact unless they message me.. they can see me, my status etc... is this possible?

[iMav]

Not sure whether the other person will see your updates, but you can do this:

Remove the contact from MSN, leave him as a contact on hotmail. Don't block him, see if that is what you want. Though I am not really sure how this will turn out.

[legolas]

yes, in that case, if the person goes to tools -> options -> privacy and right click on the contacts and if the "delete" option is highlighted, then it means that the other person doesn't have u on his contact list.. At least this is what was told and that is why I hesitate.