How to restart Messages.app daemon

Hello,
is it possible to restart Messages.app daemon? I cannot set online status when clicking the Messages bubble icon in the upper right corner bar. When I click Online nothing happen.

Hi,
Messages is built on the iChat Engine.
Some Menu items and the Menu Bar icon only refer to the Buddy Lists (And their Accounts) and not to the iMessages account.
If you have only the iMessages account Enabled in Messages > Preferences> Account then the Status Setting don't apply.
You are either Logged in (and Contacts can message you) or your are not.
If you Enable the Bonjour Account then you can use the Menu Bar icon to change it's Status.
Unfortunately in this case Restarting the Mac will do nothing.
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I have never come across a situation like this.
If you try to send a Super IM over the AIM service it normally will take a few minutes (literally) to come back with a response that it has messed up
I have not tried it with a Jabber service.
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2012-08-09 22:56:48 +0100
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Architecture:
x86_64
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Messages
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7.0 (3103)
Build Version:   2
Project Name:
iChat
Source Version: 3158000000000000
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launchd [139]
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8786
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hang
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4
Free pages:
34044 pages (-990)
Pageins:
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Messages [8786]
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/Applications/Messages.app/Contents/MacOS/Messages
Architecture:
x86_64
Parent:
launchd [139]
UID:
503
Task size:
63716 pages
CPU Time:
1.925s
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com.apple.imagent.plist
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