[newbie] licq - garbled lines

[Piero]

When I use licq (the versio I use is the one included in the Mandrake 7.0
distirbution cd) I stumble over the following problem: If the lines I write are
longer than a certain number of characters, the beginning and the end of my
message are garbled into a chain of meaningless characters, like @@#!

Is it a common fault? If not, do you have any clue to what do I have to change?

Thanks,
Piero.