diff -Nur -Xdiff_ignore ../../cvs/freeciv/client/gui-gtk/messagewin.c ./client/gui-gtk/messagewin.c
--- ../../cvs/freeciv/client/gui-gtk/messagewin.c	Sun Jul 28 10:30:31 2002
+++ ./client/gui-gtk/messagewin.c	Fri Aug  9 22:57:08 2002
@@ -93,6 +93,7 @@
 {
   gtk_clist_set_row_style (GTK_CLIST (meswin_list), n,
 						meswin_visited_style);
+  set_message_visited_state(n, TRUE);
 }
 
 /****************************************************************
@@ -102,6 +103,7 @@
 {
   gtk_clist_set_row_style (GTK_CLIST (meswin_list), n,
 						meswin_not_visited_style);
+  set_message_visited_state(n, FALSE);
 }
 
 /****************************************************************
@@ -221,7 +223,11 @@
 
   for (i = 0; i < num; i++) {
     gtk_clist_append(GTK_CLIST(meswin_list), &get_message(i)->descr);
-    meswin_not_visited_item(i);
+    if(get_message(i)->visited) {
+      meswin_visited_item(i);
+    } else {
+      meswin_not_visited_item(i);
+    }
   }
 
   gtk_clist_thaw(GTK_CLIST(meswin_list));
diff -Nur -Xdiff_ignore ../../cvs/freeciv/client/messagewin_common.c ./client/messagewin_common.c
--- ../../cvs/freeciv/client/messagewin_common.c	Sun Jul 28 10:30:30 2002
+++ ./client/messagewin_common.c	Fri Aug  9 23:05:53 2002
@@ -109,7 +109,7 @@
   char *game_prefix2 = _("Game: ");
   size_t gp_len1 = strlen(game_prefix1);
   size_t gp_len2 = strlen(game_prefix2);
-  char *s = fc_malloc(strlen(packet->message) + min_msg_len);
+  char *s = fc_malloc(MAX(strlen(packet->message), min_msg_len) + 1);
   int i, nspc;
 
   change = TRUE;
@@ -137,6 +137,7 @@
   messages[messages_total].event = packet->event;
   messages[messages_total].descr = s;
   messages[messages_total].location_ok = (packet->x != -1 && packet->y != -1);
+  messages[messages_total].visited = FALSE;
   messages_total++;
 
   /* 
@@ -171,6 +172,14 @@
 int get_num_messages(void)
 {
   return messages_total;
+}
+
+/**************************************************************************
+ Sets the visited-state of a message
+**************************************************************************/
+void set_message_visited_state(int message_index, bool state)
+{
+  messages[message_index].visited = state;
 }
 
 /**************************************************************************
diff -Nur -Xdiff_ignore ../../cvs/freeciv/client/messagewin_common.h ./client/messagewin_common.h
--- ../../cvs/freeciv/client/messagewin_common.h	Thu Jul 18 12:15:14 2002
+++ ./client/messagewin_common.h	Fri Aug  9 23:03:32 2002
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@
   char *descr;
   int x, y;
   enum event_type event;
-  bool location_ok, city_ok;
+  bool location_ok, city_ok, visited;
 };
 
 void meswin_freeze(void);
@@ -33,6 +33,7 @@
 
 struct message *get_message(int message_index);
 int get_num_messages(void);
+void set_message_visited_state(int message_index, bool state);
 void meswin_popup_city(int message_index);
 void meswin_goto(int message_index);
 void meswin_double_click(int message_index);