People IM me when i'm not signed on

Hi, I'm having a problem with iChat--
The program is completely quit out of, and has been for weeks, and then all of a sudden it launches and someone from my buddy list IMs me as if I were signed online--like their IM triggers iChat, if that makes sense. This happens when I haven't been on iChat for a while or after this happens and I quit, someone else IMs me and it starts up again. How can I keep this from happening? If I'm not signed on, I obviously don't want to talk to anyone, and it is very troublesome when they can see me and talk to me anyways. Help!

Hi,
Both iChat 3 and iChat 4 can do Off Line Messaging.
Related to this is iChat starting up when the computer is On but iChat is shut down.
It can be controlled by a setting in iChat Menu > Preferences > General Setting.
First of all set it to Show the Menu Bar Item
This allows you control of the two sub items.
Set the check box on the when that says "When I Quit iChat, Set my Status to Off Line".
If you do not do this iChat in fact stays (Or rather your Account) logged in at AIM and iChat will start up when you get a New IM.
IF you are getting Off Line IMs when you start Up iChat you will normally get a AIMSysMessage as well asking if you want to continue receiving them.
If you say No at this point iChat does not have a way of restarting this function.
You have to visit your Account at AIM to reset this feature to On (You can also turn it Off there as an Option).
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