at ben_b > I think (but am not completely sure) that it just checks "oh, you have msn msg running!" or "oh, you have windows msg running!" and then says: "MSN / windows messenger version: xxx.xx.xx" And if you're running MSN Msg, then the windows messenger version wouldn't be useful when asking for help
checking if it's the latest version might be considered as 'spying' and it would cost resources... and, we have the auto-update, and at IRC we always say "Are you sure you've got the latest
version?"