Changing the adapter settings:
Status: Activate the adapter to control your online status and message text in Adium. You can define a status and a message text, send to Adium when you start working on a task and when you stop working on a task.
Message: Define a message exposed in Adium when you start and stop working on a task.
Status: Specify the status your account will get when you start and stop working on a task.
Use the "Keep Current" setting if you don't want to change the status and the "Previous" setting to change back to the previous active Adium status.