--- a/mcbot/mcbot_engine.lua	Sat Apr 17 15:24:18 2010 +0200
+++ b/mcbot/mcbot_engine.lua	Sat Apr 17 15:33:23 2010 +0200
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@
 function process (line, botdata, muc)
     local n
     line = trim(line)
-    line, n = line:gsub("^"..botdata.nickname.."[,: ]%s+", "")
+    line, n = line:gsub("^"..botdata.nickname.."[,:]?%s+", "")
     if muc and n ~= 1 then return nil, nil end
 
     local cmd, arg