Upgrading from 13.04, the chat items (Available,Away,Busy,Invisible,Offline) re-appeared in the messaging-menu. I use Pidgin for chat, the icons do not reflect pidgin status changes. For Thunderbird I want to keep the envelope.
I already tried:
sudo apt-get remove empathy*
sudo apt-get remove gwibber*
sudo apt-get remove telepathy-indicator
I never had to change and recompile the messaging/indicator code as suggested e.g. in How to remove (or hide) Chat Status Icons from Messaging Menu
