Patch to rvp.c from http://www.waider.ie/hacks/workshop/c/rvp/librvp-0.9.7.tar.gz for use at work.

rvp.c.patch

diff --git a/rvp.c b/rvp.c
index 5d7cddc..caf4ba9 100644
--- a/rvp.c
+++ b/rvp.c
@@ -4684,9 +4684,20 @@ static rvp_st_ret rvp_send_typing( GaimConnection *gc, const char *who,
 /*
  * send an instant message
  */
-static int rvp_send_im( GaimConnection *gc, const char *who,
-                        const char *message, GaimMessageFlags flags ) {
-  return rvp_send_notify( gc, who, RVP_MSG_IM, (gchar *)message, &flags );
+static int rvp_send_im(GaimConnection *gc, const char *who,
+                        const char *message, GaimMessageFlags flags )
+{
+  int rc;
+  char *text = purple_unescape_html(message);
+#define BAD_TRAILER " \t  \t\t\t\t \t \t \t   \t \t  \t   \t\t  \t "
+  char *bad_trailer = strstr(text, BAD_TRAILER);
+/*   printf("Orig = \"%s\"\n", text); */
+  if (bad_trailer)
+       *bad_trailer = '\0';
+/*   printf("Mod = \"%s\"\n", text); */
+  rc = rvp_send_notify( gc, who, RVP_MSG_IM, (gchar *)text, &flags );
+  g_free(text);
+  return rc;
 }
 
 /*
@@ -5380,12 +5391,13 @@ static void url_fetched_cb_cond( gpointer url_data, gint sock,
     return;
   }
 
-  if ( read( sock, &data, 1 ) > 0 || errno == EWOULDBLOCK ) {
-    if ( errno == EWOULDBLOCK ) {
+  rc = read( sock, &data, 1 );
+  if ((rc == -1) && (errno == EWOULDBLOCK))
+  {
       errno = 0;
       return;
-    }
-
+  }
+  else if (rc > 0) {
     gfud->len++;
 
     if (gfud->len == gfud->data_len + 1) {