Sorry for being rude in my post here but if you had read my link i put:
Matty's reply to no emoticons
You would understand that it is a limitation to show Emoticons in names when Custom Names are enabled (even for those who do not have one enabled). The reason is because MSN Messenger no longer processes the Names to convert emotitext to emoticons because the "View By Email" option is enabled. Plus! takes advantage of the way MSN Messenger shows its emails and is able to change the text.
Also please do not double post. Use the
![[Image: edit.gif]](http://shoutbox.menthix.net/images/edit.gif)
when you need to add something else.
/ 
