Why not release an update of MsgPlus that contains "some-smarter-auto-update-feature" so that those numerous sites that provide mirrors of the MsgPlus program can spread it.
I guess that this new release could spread rather fast so that the traffic to the update site could decrease significantly...
Just my 2 cents...
Ps. my contribution to the rise and future IM-domination of MsgPlus is to run only version 1.42b
- until "some-smarter-auto-update-feature" will be available
(...and convince my friends to do the same).