disregard what i wrote above - my custom smilies i added work lol
thanks again this works brilliantly

i have a question though
i have loaded a few custom smilies and it works - but when i send them all i see is the shortcut and not the pic - not sure if peeps can see the pics - but wondering if i have done soemthing wrong or what??????
anyone have any ideas???

thank you for all your comments - i was able to get this working no probs
and it is an awesome plugin!
i must say this messenger client is fantastic and so much better than msn for mac
cheers