diff -ru /var/tmp/portage/net-im/bitlbee-1.0.3/work/bitlbee-1.0.3/irc.c ./irc.c
--- /var/tmp/portage/net-im/bitlbee-1.0.3/work/bitlbee-1.0.3/irc.c	2006-06-24 17:00:43.000000000 +0300
+++ ./irc.c	2007-03-02 21:14:03.000000000 +0200
@@ -116,6 +116,7 @@
 	set_add( irc, "buddy_sendbuffer", "false", set_eval_bool );
 	set_add( irc, "buddy_sendbuffer_delay", "200", set_eval_int );
 	set_add( irc, "charset", "iso8859-1", set_eval_charset );
+	set_add( irc, "oscar_recode_charset", "iso8859-1", set_eval_oscar_recode_charset );
 	set_add( irc, "debug", "false", set_eval_bool );
 	set_add( irc, "default_target", "root", NULL );
 	set_add( irc, "display_namechanges", "false", set_eval_bool );
diff -ru /var/tmp/portage/net-im/bitlbee-1.0.3/work/bitlbee-1.0.3/protocols/oscar/oscar.c ./protocols/oscar/oscar.c
--- /var/tmp/portage/net-im/bitlbee-1.0.3/work/bitlbee-1.0.3/protocols/oscar/oscar.c	2006-06-24 17:00:44.000000000 +0300
+++ ./protocols/oscar/oscar.c	2007-03-02 21:14:03.000000000 +0200
@@ -1029,7 +1029,10 @@
 	return 1;
 }
 
+extern GSList *irc_connection_list;
+
 static int incomingim_chan1(aim_session_t *sess, aim_conn_t *conn, aim_userinfo_t *userinfo, struct aim_incomingim_ch1_args *args) {
+	char *src="";
 	char *tmp = g_malloc(BUF_LONG + 1);
 	struct gaim_connection *gc = sess->aux_data;
 	int flags = 0;
@@ -1038,15 +1041,22 @@
 		flags |= IM_FLAG_AWAY;
 	
 	if ((args->icbmflags & AIM_IMFLAGS_UNICODE) || (args->icbmflags & AIM_IMFLAGS_ISO_8859_1)) {
-		char *src;
 		
 		if (args->icbmflags & AIM_IMFLAGS_UNICODE)
 			src = "UNICODEBIG";
 		else
-			src = "ISO8859-1";
+		{
+			char *cs;
+			irc_t *irc = (irc_t*)irc_connection_list->data;
+			if( ( cs = set_getstr( irc, "oscar_recode_charset" ) ) && ( g_strcasecmp( cs, "utf-8" ) != 0 ) )
+				src = cs;
+			else
+				src = "iso88590-1";
+		}
 		
 		/* Try to use iconv first to convert the message to UTF8 - which is what BitlBee expects */
 		if (do_iconv(src, "UTF-8", args->msg, tmp, args->msglen, BUF_LONG) >= 0) {
+			//fprintf (stderr, "bitlbee: converted from %s to utf8!\n", src);
 			// Successfully converted!
 		} else if (args->icbmflags & AIM_IMFLAGS_UNICODE) {
 			int i;
@@ -1062,12 +1072,32 @@
 					g_snprintf(tmp+strlen(tmp), BUF_LONG-strlen(tmp), "&#%04x;", uni);
 				}
 			}
+			//fprintf (stderr, "bitlbee: AIM_IMFLAGS_UNICODE, got %s!\n", tmp);
 		} else {
-			g_snprintf(tmp, BUF_LONG, "%s", args->msg);
+			char *cs;
+			irc_t *irc = (irc_t*)irc_connection_list->data;
+			if( ( cs = set_getstr( irc, "oscar_recode_charset" ) ) && ( g_strcasecmp( cs, "utf-8" ) != 0 ) )
+				src = cs;
+			else
+				src = "iso88590-1";
+			if (do_iconv(src, "UTF-8", args->msg, tmp, args->msglen, BUF_LONG) < 0) {
+				g_snprintf(tmp, BUF_LONG, "[1%s]%s", src, args->msg);
+			}
+			//fprintf (stderr, "bitlbee: not utf8, nor unicode, got %s!\n", tmp);
 		}
-	} else
-		g_snprintf(tmp, BUF_LONG, "%s", args->msg);
-	
+	} else {
+		char *cs;
+		irc_t *irc = (irc_t*)irc_connection_list->data;
+		if( ( cs = set_getstr( irc, "oscar_recode_charset" ) ) && ( g_strcasecmp( cs, "utf-8" ) != 0 ) )
+			src = cs;
+		else
+			src = "iso88590-1";
+		if (do_iconv(src, "UTF-8", args->msg, tmp, args->msglen, BUF_LONG) < 0) {
+			g_snprintf(tmp, BUF_LONG, "[2%s]%s", src, args->msg);
+		}
+		//fprintf (stderr, "bitlbee: unknown charset, got %s!\n", tmp);
+	}
+
 	strip_linefeed(tmp);
 	serv_got_im(gc, userinfo->sn, tmp, flags, time(NULL), -1);
 	g_free(tmp);
@@ -1163,12 +1193,23 @@
 	switch (args->type) {
 		case 0x0001: { /* An almost-normal instant message.  Mac ICQ sends this.  It's peculiar. */
 			char *uin, *message;
+			char *src = "";
+			char *cs;
+			char *tmp = g_malloc(BUF_LONG + 1);
+			irc_t *irc = (irc_t*)irc_connection_list->data;
+			if( ( cs = set_getstr( irc, "oscar_recode_charset" ) ) && ( g_strcasecmp( cs, "utf-8" ) != 0 ) )
+				src = cs;
+			else
+				src = "iso88590-1";
 			uin = g_strdup_printf("%u", args->uin);
 			message = g_strdup(args->msg);
 			strip_linefeed(message);
-			serv_got_im(gc, uin, message, 0, time(NULL), -1);
+			if (do_iconv(src, "UTF-8", message, tmp, strlen (message), BUF_LONG) < 0)
+				tmp = message;
+			serv_got_im(gc, uin, tmp, 0, time(NULL), -1);
 			g_free(uin);
 			g_free(message);
+			g_free (tmp);
 		} break;
 
 		case 0x0004: { /* Someone sent you a URL */
@@ -1768,9 +1809,22 @@
 			char sender[32];
 			char *dialog_msg = g_strdup(msg->msg);
 			time_t t = get_time(msg->year, msg->month, msg->day, msg->hour, msg->minute, 0);
+			char *tmp = g_malloc(BUF_LONG + 1);
+			char *src = "";
+			char *cs;
+			irc_t *irc = (irc_t*)irc_connection_list->data;
+			if( ( cs = set_getstr( irc, "oscar_recode_charset" ) ) && ( g_strcasecmp( cs, "utf-8" ) != 0 ) )
+				src = cs;
+			else
+				src = "iso88590-1";
 			g_snprintf(sender, sizeof(sender), "%u", msg->sender);
 			strip_linefeed(dialog_msg);
-			serv_got_im(gc, sender, dialog_msg, 0, t, -1);
+			if (do_iconv(src, "UTF-8", dialog_msg, tmp, strlen (msg->msg), BUF_LONG) < 0)
+				tmp = dialog_msg;
+			fprintf (stderr, "bitlbee: offlinemsg, got %s\n", tmp);
+			serv_got_im(gc, sender, tmp, 0, t, -1);
+			if (dialog_msg != tmp)
+				g_free (tmp);
 			g_free(dialog_msg);
 		} break;
 
@@ -1838,6 +1892,14 @@
 	} else {
 		struct aim_sendimext_args args;
 		char *s;
+		char *cs;
+		char *src="";
+		irc_t *irc = (irc_t*)irc_connection_list->data;
+		if( ( cs = set_getstr( irc, "oscar_recode_charset" ) ) && ( g_strcasecmp( cs, "utf-8" ) != 0 ) )
+			src = cs;
+		else
+			src = "iso88590-1";
+
 		
 		args.flags = AIM_IMFLAGS_ACK;
 		if (odata->icq)
@@ -1851,7 +1913,7 @@
 			s = g_malloc(BUF_LONG);
 			/* Try if we can put it in an ISO8859-1 string first.
 			   If we can't, fall back to UTF16. */
-			if ((ret = do_iconv("UTF-8", "ISO8859-1", message, s, len, BUF_LONG)) >= 0) {
+			if ((ret = do_iconv("UTF-8", src, message, s, len, BUF_LONG)) >= 0) {
 				args.flags |= AIM_IMFLAGS_ISO_8859_1;
 				len = ret;
 			} else if ((ret = do_iconv("UTF-8", "UNICODEBIG", message, s, len, BUF_LONG)) >= 0) {
@@ -2248,6 +2310,19 @@
 	return m;
 }
 
+char *translatestr (char *x, char *tmp)
+{
+	char *src, *cs;
+	irc_t *irc;
+	irc = (irc_t*)irc_connection_list->data;
+	if( ( cs = set_getstr( irc, "oscar_recode_charset" ) ) && ( g_strcasecmp( cs, "utf-8" ) != 0 ) )
+		src = cs;
+	else
+		src = "iso88590-1";
+
+	return (do_iconv(src, "UTF-8", x, tmp, strlen (x), BUF_LONG) >= 0) ? tmp : x;
+}
+
 static int gaim_icqinfo(aim_session_t *sess, aim_frame_t *fr, ...)
 {
         struct gaim_connection *gc = sess->aux_data;
@@ -2255,7 +2330,7 @@
         GString *str;
         va_list ap;
         struct aim_icq_info *info;
-
+		char tmp[BUF_LONG];
         va_start(ap, fr);
         info = va_arg(ap, struct aim_icq_info *);
         va_end(ap);
@@ -2263,13 +2338,19 @@
         if (!info->uin)
                 return 0;
 
+		// recode into oscar_recode_charset
+
+#define translate(x) translatestr(x,tmp)
+		
         str = g_string_sized_new(100);
         g_snprintf(who, sizeof(who), "%u", info->uin);
 
         g_string_sprintfa(str, "%s: %s - %s: %s", _("UIN"), who, _("Nick"), 
-				info->nick ? info->nick : "-");
-        info_string_append(str, "\n", _("First Name"), info->first);
-        info_string_append(str, "\n", _("Last Name"), info->last);
+				info->nick ? translate (info->nick) : "-");
+
+
+        info_string_append(str, "\n", _("First Name"), translate (info->first));
+        info_string_append(str, "\n", _("Last Name"), translate (info->last));
 		info_string_append(str, "\n", _("Email Address"), info->email);
         if (info->numaddresses && info->email2) {
                 int i;
@@ -2296,7 +2377,7 @@
 		info_string_append(str, "\n", _("Personal Web Page"), info->personalwebpage);
         if (info->info && info->info[0]) {
                 g_string_sprintfa(str, "\n%s:\n%s\n%s", _("Additional Information"), 
-						info->info, _("End of Additional Information"));
+						translate (info->info), _("End of Additional Information"));
         }
         g_string_sprintfa(str, "\n");
         if ((info->homeaddr && (info->homeaddr[0])) || (info->homecity && info->homecity[0]) || (info->homestate && info->homestate[0]) || (info->homezip && info->homezip[0])) {
diff -ru /var/tmp/portage/net-im/bitlbee-1.0.3/work/bitlbee-1.0.3/util.c ./util.c
--- /var/tmp/portage/net-im/bitlbee-1.0.3/work/bitlbee-1.0.3/util.c	2006-06-24 17:01:00.000000000 +0300
+++ ./util.c	2007-03-02 21:14:03.000000000 +0200
@@ -453,3 +453,18 @@
 	iconv_close( cd );
 	return( value );
 }
+
+char *set_eval_oscar_recode_charset( irc_t *irc, set_t *set, char *value )
+{
+	iconv_t cd;
+
+	if ( g_strncasecmp( value, "none", 4 ) == 0 )
+		return( value );
+
+	cd = iconv_open( "UTF-8", value );
+	if( cd == (iconv_t) -1 )
+		return( NULL );
+
+	iconv_close( cd );
+	return( value );
+}
diff -ru /var/tmp/portage/net-im/bitlbee-1.0.3/work/bitlbee-1.0.3/util.h ./util.h
--- /var/tmp/portage/net-im/bitlbee-1.0.3/work/bitlbee-1.0.3/util.h	2006-06-24 17:01:00.000000000 +0300
+++ ./util.h	2007-03-02 21:14:03.000000000 +0200
@@ -46,5 +46,6 @@
 
 G_MODULE_EXPORT signed int do_iconv( char *from_cs, char *to_cs, char *src, char *dst, size_t size, size_t maxbuf );
 char *set_eval_charset( irc_t *irc, set_t *set, char *value );
+char *set_eval_oscar_recode_charset( irc_t *irc, set_t *set, char *value );
 
 #endif