Version: (using KDE KDE 3.5.4) Installed from: SuSE RPMs OS: Linux With jabber it is possible to set the status per contact, i.e. away for some, online for others etc. As far as I can see there is no way in kopete to see what status is set for a contact. The easiest would be to show the own status in the info that is displayed when hovering a contact. Maybe there is even a sensible way to put it into the contact-list.
Dear user, unfortunately Kopete is no longer maintained. Please migrate to another solution, e.g. for Jabber a possibility is Kaidan, for Matrix a candidate is NeoChat.