diff --git a/libs/libdingaling/.update b/libs/libdingaling/.update
index 020e6398ff..2ba15fe147 100644
--- a/libs/libdingaling/.update
+++ b/libs/libdingaling/.update
@@ -1 +1 @@
-Fri Oct 20 02:34:55 CDT 2006
+Fri Oct 20 19:58:38 CDT 2006
diff --git a/libs/libdingaling/src/libdingaling.c b/libs/libdingaling/src/libdingaling.c
index 3dfa4753b9..2b4746560f 100644
--- a/libs/libdingaling/src/libdingaling.c
+++ b/libs/libdingaling/src/libdingaling.c
@@ -1574,11 +1574,37 @@ void ldl_handle_send_presence(ldl_handle_t *handle, char *from, char *to, char *
 void ldl_handle_send_msg(ldl_handle_t *handle, char *from, char *to, char *subject, char *body)
 {
 	iks *msg;
-
+	char *t, *e;
+	char *bdup = NULL;
+	int on = 0;
+	int len = 0;
 	assert(handle != NULL);
 	assert(body != NULL);
+	
+	if (strchr(body, '<')) {
+		len = (int) strlen(body);
+		if (!(bdup = malloc(len))) {
+			return;
+		}
 
-
+		memset(bdup, 0, len);
+		
+		e = bdup;
+		for(t = body; *t; t++) {
+			if (*t == '<') {
+				on = 1;
+			} else if (*t == '>') {
+				t++;
+				on = 0;
+			}
+			
+			if (!on) {
+				*e++ = *t;
+			}
+		}
+		body = bdup;
+	}
+	
 	msg = iks_make_msg(IKS_TYPE_NONE, to, body);
 	iks_insert_attrib(msg, "type", "chat");
 
@@ -1592,6 +1618,10 @@ void ldl_handle_send_msg(ldl_handle_t *handle, char *from, char *to, char *subje
 		iks_insert_attrib(msg, "subject", subject);
 	}
 
+	if (bdup) {	
+		free(bdup);
+	}
+
 	apr_queue_push(handle->queue, msg);
 	
 }