diff -r 3c9fc84490a9 -r 41e45e18f3b2 libpurple/protocols/mxit/multimx.c
--- a/libpurple/protocols/mxit/multimx.c	Fri Aug 12 21:36:10 2016 -0500
+++ b/libpurple/protocols/mxit/multimx.c	Fri Aug 19 23:03:37 2016 -0500
@@ -360,7 +360,7 @@
 		unsigned int i;
 
 		for (i = 1; i < strlen(msg); i++) {		/* search for end of nickname */
-			if (msg[i] == '>') {
+			if ((msg[i] == '>') && (msg[i+1] == '\n')) {
 				msg[i] = '\0';
 				g_free(mx->from);
 				mx->from = g_strdup(&msg[1]);