diff -r 1568343b965c -r 52c00ca73f6f libpurple/protocols/irc/cmds.c
--- a/libpurple/protocols/irc/cmds.c	Sun Dec 30 13:56:01 2007 +0000
+++ b/libpurple/protocols/irc/cmds.c	Sun Dec 30 18:46:56 2007 +0000
@@ -367,7 +367,12 @@
 		if (!end)
 			end = cur + strlen(cur);
 		msg = g_strndup(cur, end - cur);
-		buf = irc_format(irc, "vt:", "PRIVMSG", args[0], msg);
+
+		if(!strcmp(cmd, "msg"))
+			buf = irc_format(irc, "vt:", "PRIVMSG", args[0], msg);
+		else /* seding a notice if we get here */
+			buf = irc_format(irc, "vt:", "NOTICE", args[0], msg);
+
 		irc_send(irc, buf);
 		g_free(msg);
 		g_free(buf);