IChat Won't Stay Offline Started.

I have the preference set to "When I quit, set my status to offline," but every time I start iChat it logs me in again. Any suggestions for a fix? I want to be offline when I open iChat.

Hi,
In iChat 5 and earlier that setting was one of two sub items to Show Status In Menu Bar (Menu Bar icon)
What is does is sign you out of AIM so that you don't get Off Line IMs.
The "Missing" setting allowed you to Not set "My Status as Available On Launch"
The closest you can get is to use the Menu Bar Icon to Set the Status as the means to Launch the app
9:24 PM Friday; March 9, 2012
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