Showing your status within Messenger is a cinch.

Here's how:

1. Click "Available” right under your name at the top of the Messenger window. That opens up a list of options. Just click the one that fits.
2. You can also click "New Status Message” to write your own, such as "back in 5 minutes."
3. After you write your status message, click "OK.”

Your custom status message now appears next to your Yahoo! ID in other peoples' Messenger lists.

Please note: Messenger remembers the last 5 custom status messages so you can quickly re-select them. Older custom status messages will be deleted as you create new ones.