Yahoo! Messenger remembers where you published your last status message. The next time you set a status message Messenger will only publish it in the location where you published it the last time. Remember, when posting your status, you can always edit the status "Share to" list to include or exclude Yahoo! Updates.

Remember, your status message will be shared outside of Messenger only if the you are using Messenger 11 and choose to share it to Yahoo! Updates.