Index: xchat-2.8.8/src/common/inbound.c
===================================================================
--- xchat-2.8.8.orig/src/common/inbound.c	2010-10-08 23:22:34.000000000 +0200
+++ xchat-2.8.8/src/common/inbound.c	2010-10-10 01:59:41.000000000 +0200
@@ -186,6 +186,9 @@
 
 	inbound_make_idtext (serv, idtext, sizeof (idtext), id);
 
+	if (alert_match_word (from, prefs.irc_no_hilight))
+		return;
+
 	sess = find_session_from_nick (from, serv);
 	if (!sess)
 	{
@@ -436,6 +439,9 @@
 
 	inbound_make_idtext (serv, idtext, sizeof (idtext), id);
 
+	if (alert_match_word (from, prefs.irc_no_hilight))
+		return;
+
 	if (is_hilight (from, text, sess, serv))
 		hilight = TRUE;