Payload length is an int here, so treat it as such. Get's rid of this warning: notification.c: In function ¡Æmsn_notification_post_adl¡Ç: notification.c:643: warning: format ¡Æ%lu¡Ç expects type ¡Ælong unsigned int¡Ç, but argument 4 has type ¡Æint¡Ç