Aim buddies not being seen online

is there any chance my aim buddies are being seen offline all the time? its just.. I added people to my buddies and we talked once, but I haven't seen them again anymore, I can send offline messages to some, it says they'll read them when they go online, but some other contacts i can't send them offline messages.
now I ran tests with an aim account i own, adding it as a buddy on my ichat @mac.com account, and when I went online on the aim account it did show on my ichat account, and also sent some offlines messages and I did receive them, but its me in the same computer not like faraway as everyone else, idk if that matters.
now, do I have a technical problem? if so, how can I solve it?
or have my friends just not gotten back online, or they blocked me or what? :S
thanks for the help.

Ralph Johns (UK) wrote:
Hi,
By Default ichat does not fully log out of AIM when you shut down iChat.
This is partially so that you can get Off Line Messages when you start up your computer.
What it also does is start up iChat if You have it shut down but your Computer On.
Now you can (Sometimes) get a Message from AIM (AimSysMessage and Screen Name) asking if you want Off Line Messages.
If you reply or indicate NO to this they can only be restated on the AIM Website
Login to AIM web Pages then go to your Account Page the setting is there.
iChat can be made to Log Off line (Status as Off Line ) with a setting in the iChat Menu > Preferences > General Section
First Enable the Menu Bar icon.
You now have full access to "When iChat is Quit, Set Status to Off Line".
Now in iChat 4 and 5 you can also set your self to be Invisible.
You appear Off Line to your Buddies but you can see if they are Online/Available/Away and so on.
In any version of iChat in the iChat menu > Preferences > Accounts > Security you can set which Buddies see you as On line in various Allow Options an Block options.
Add to this if you allow Multiple Logins and also have AIM Forwarding to a Mobile Phone.
Now think of all those setting applying to your Buddies.
Some maybe Invisible.
Some may not have added you to their Buddy list and have Allow Buddy List Only (Or even Allow Specific People) set.
Some may have set not to get Off Line Messages.
Some may appear to be "On-Line" but are having messages sent to their Mobile Phone which they are not (able to) answering.
Summary.
Due to the number of variables that you have not been able to provide info on it is difficult to say if you have a problem.
Based on your testing I would say not.
7:33 PM Thursday; January 21, 2010
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hey but even if all the things you wrote happened, if I do send them offline messages, they have to get them at some moment right? like I wouldn't be able to send someone offline messages if he blocked me, so if I send him offline messages he'll totally get them someday right?

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