For the first “issue”, MSN Messenger 7.5 has a logging feature.

I have version 7.0 but it has that feature as well, and thanx to you, I somehow turned it off.

As far as the other ‘issue’ is concerned ………….
I think I made a mistake in my previous post, since I paid attention to those pop-up windows next time I used MSN:
MSN Messenger said **** signed in with a mobile device
Messenger plus said **** is online
Messenger Discovery said nothing

And this time there was some kind of Auto message (I can’t remember it exactly) but it had a mbl phone icon and said something like … Your contact may be charged for the messages depending on ….