diff -r 75d7adeca3d6 -r f8a13bfd748b libpurple/protocols/irc/msgs.c
--- a/libpurple/protocols/irc/msgs.c	Sat Oct 06 17:49:40 2007 +0000
+++ b/libpurple/protocols/irc/msgs.c	Sat Oct 06 21:58:54 2007 +0000
@@ -1066,7 +1066,7 @@
 		return;
 	}
 
-	msg = g_markup_escape_text(tmp, -1);
+	msg = irc_escape_privmsg(tmp, -1);
 	g_free(tmp);
 
 	tmp = irc_mirc2html(msg);