Sign on with Empathy automatically?

[Alexander Eckert <alexander eckert gmx de>]

Hi,

I just installed Gnome 3.2 and migrated from Pidgin to Empathy. When I 
log in
the chat status in my user menu is "Unavailable" by default. I've to 
change it
to "Available" by hand every time. I want to go online automatically but 
doesn't
like to start the Empathy user interface.
I looked for some information in documentation and web but didn't find 
anything
(but something with signon when using auto-login).

Thanks
Alex