Hello,
I'd like to report a bug that exists since quite a long time. I'm surprised nobody has noticed yet (or I did not see it in the forum?).

When activating Custom Names, I can't see the emoticons in the nicknames in the contact list ( ": S" instead of ), whether the name is customized or not.
Of course the problem is solved if customize all the nicknames , but the emoticons don't show in the personal message ("message perso" in french) neither.

I'm using all the latest versions.
Thx for any information about this problem.

This is a well known limitation of customnames. Msg Plus! needs to sort on e-mail adress when using custom names..and there are no emoticons allowed in e-mail adresses.