Messenger:Mate is new feature enhancing software for MSN Messenger that integrates seamlessly to add useful features that enhance your daily experience using the best instant messaging software available today. Messenger:Mate is available in two different flavours, Messenger:Mate Lite and Messenger:Mate Pro. The Lite version lacks a few of the Pro version features, however, it also lacks a price tag so it's completely free for your instant messaging pleasure. Here are it's features; *Available in the Pro version only. -Clone Messenger* start a new instance of Messenger so you can log in with a different passport. -Log Manager* view and manage all text and HTML logs through a single interface. All logs are displayed with the time the conversation started on the date they occurred and you can view logs by session, day or user and also delete logs by each of those categories. -Theme Compiler make light work of creating themes for use with Messenger:Mate. Allows you to decide the complexity of themes and you can view all resources. -Don't confirm when exiting Messenger an option to suppress the message box Messenger displays when you close Messenger and have 1 or more Instant Message windows open. This option has the same effect as clicking 'Yes' on the message box and allows Messenger to shutdown without interruption. -Don't flash windows on new messages an option to suppress the flashing of an Instant Message window's taskbar button whenever a new message is received. -When signing in, set my status to...* an option to set the initial status whenever Messenger signs in. -Allow the use of larger Display Pictures* an option to increase the size limit imposed by Messenger on Display Pictures from 96 x 96 pixels to 192 x 192 pixels. -Snap contact list window to screen edges an option to enable the contact list window to automatically snap to the edge of your screen when it's moved or resized within proximity of the screen edge. -Hide advertisement window in contact list an option to hide the advertisement pane at the bottom of the contact list and also stretch the contents of the list to cover the area the pane occupied. -Disable animation when closing the contact list an option to suppress the animation Messenger usually displays when the contact list window is closed. -Dock the contact list on the left/right side of the screen* an option to allow the contact list to be docked to one of the screen edges just like the Windows Taskbar. Docking will ensure the contact list is always on screen and that no other application window covers it up. You can select which side (left or right) of the screen to dock the contact list on. -Auto hide the docked contact list* an option to allow the contact list to auto hide just like the Windows Taskbar can. -Log chats in text an option to enable all conversations to be logged in plain text. -Log chats in HTML* an option to enable all conversations to be logged in HTML; all emoticons and thumbnail images displayed in the chat window will be saved. -Add time stamp to logs an option to insert a time stamp at the start of each message in logged chats. -Add time stamp in conversations* an option to insert a time stamp at the start of each message in an Instant Message window. -Group IM windows an option to have all Instant Message windows grouped together under one common window, clearing up Taskbar clutter when numerous Instant Message windows are open. -Themes an option to apply a theme to the Messenger Contact List and Instant Message windows. -Display an alert when... an option to enable Messenger:Mate's own alert notifications for the following events : a contact initiates a session with you, a contact ends a session with you, a contact goes offline, you're added to someone's contact list, you're removed from someone's contact list.