Yahoo Messenger remains one of the most popular instant messengers in the world and every single tool that enhances its features enjoys immense success.

Yahoo Messenger Automater is a simple application that provides you an innovative way to control Yahoo Messenger's status messages, comprising dedicated tools to perform status changes at a given time.

Basically a task scheduler focused solely on Yahoo's messaging client, Yahoo Messenger Automater is also able to automatically sign you in or off at a user defined time.

It all comes down to just a single window that holds all features, but let's take them one at a time.

Input the Yahoo Messenger executable file path and then enter the time to perform the selected task. You can either sign in if you're not already online, but you can also change status messages to available, invisible, busy, stepped out, be right back, not at my desk, on the phone or any other custom message.

Just press the Start Timer button and you're all set. You also have the option to minimize the app to tray or stop the timer in case you wish to cancel the scheduled task.

If we were to vote for something to be improved in the next versions, we'd go for the interface because Yahoo Messenger Automater definitely needs a facelift. A cleaner look with more modern lines would attract more users, although we agree that features are more important in this case.

Of course, the app runs on low computer resources and with all new Yahoo Messenger versions, so you shouldn't encounter too many problems with it.

So as a conclusion, Yahoo Messenger Automater could be a very handy tool if you're addicted to online chatting. And, just as expected, it's completely free.