diff -r 01d61e68886e -r 4eee92ead973 src/gtkconv.c
--- a/src/gtkconv.c	Wed Nov 30 06:02:38 2005 +0000
+++ b/src/gtkconv.c	Wed Nov 30 06:03:49 2005 +0000
@@ -42,6 +42,7 @@
 #include "account.h"
 #include "cmds.h"
 #include "debug.h"
+#include "idle.h"
 #include "imgstore.h"
 #include "log.h"
 #include "notify.h"
@@ -517,6 +518,8 @@
 		return;
 	}
 
+	gaim_idle_touch();
+
 	/* XXX: is there a better way to tell if the message has images? */
 	if (GTK_IMHTML(gtkconv->entry)->im_images != NULL)
 		flags |= GAIM_MESSAGE_IMAGES;