Messenger 7 appears to be auto-dialing

Contrary to my past experience, Messenger 7 (build 7.0.0813) appears to be
automaitcally dialing when it loads up or after I manually disconnect. In
the past, it was passive and never established a connection of its own.
now, it appears to insist on maintaining a constant connection. Disabling
"Start with windows" and "automaitcally logon when connected" are not
options to solve this (if I have to uncheck those, I move to AOL). This
appears to be some kind of bug since I've never experienced this behavior
before. Any ideas...?


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