As far as i know i don't do anything dodgey.. just call a couple of custom functions during the command parsing function.
I havent tried the example plugin.. i guess i should give that a try now.
and Windows XP Professional with MSN 6.2.0133, MSG Plus! 2.54.75
hmm.. I thought i had the most up to date msg plus.. I'll give the sample plugin a try and download the most up-to-date version msg plus and get back to you, I appreciate the help