diff -Naur kdenetwork-3.5.8.orig/kopete/kopete/kopetewindow.cpp kdenetwork-3.5.8/kopete/kopete/kopetewindow.cpp
--- kdenetwork-3.5.8.orig/kopete/kopete/kopetewindow.cpp	2006-10-01 19:27:06.000000000 +0200
+++ kdenetwork-3.5.8/kopete/kopete/kopetewindow.cpp	2007-11-21 08:46:19.000000000 +0100
@@ -982,6 +982,8 @@
 /*	QLabel * newMessageLabel = new QLabel( i18n( "Add " ), newMessageBox );*/
 	m_newMessageEdit = new QLineEdit( newMessageBox, "newmessage" );
 	
+	m_newMessageEdit->setText(Kopete::Away::message());
+	
 	newMessageBox->setFocusProxy( m_newMessageEdit );
 	newMessageBox->setFocusPolicy( QWidget::ClickFocus );
 /*	newMessageLabel->setFocusProxy( newMessageEdit );