diff --git a/omnibot/bot.py b/omnibot/bot.py
index 675b4d3..49a1490 100644
--- a/omnibot/bot.py
+++ b/omnibot/bot.py
@@ -135,10 +135,27 @@ class Bot:
             # Don't raise on_message events for ourselves.
             return
         line = message.parameters[1]
-        # Filter plugins by get_message_types() and channel
+
+        # TL;DR OF THE BELOW: if the first parameter looks like a channel in
+        # addition to message type, then filter by channel. Otherwise, don't
+        # filter by channel.
+        #
+        # Here's the issue: plugins are *usually* multiplexed by channel. But
+        # that's only for messages that target channels, such as PRIVMSG and
+        # JOIN. For non-channel messages, such as server status messages (such
+        # as 001 on connect, or 372 for MOTD, etc) we want to ignore the channel
+        # aspect of plugin multiplexing.
+        # In order to accomplish this, we just check if the first parameter
+        # looks like a channel - i.e., starts with an octothorpe #.
+        if channel and channel[0] == "#":
+            plugin_pool = self.channel_plugins(channel)
+        else:
+            plugin_pool = self.plugins
+
+        # Filter plugins by get_message_types()
         plugins = [
             plugin
-            for plugin in self.channel_plugins(channel)
+            for plugin in plugin_pool
             if message.command in plugin.get_message_types()
         ]
         if plugins:
diff --git a/omnibot/plugin.py b/omnibot/plugin.py
index b515bd0..aa2fe78 100644
--- a/omnibot/plugin.py
+++ b/omnibot/plugin.py
@@ -58,6 +58,9 @@ class Plugin:
 
     def send_to(self, conn: IrcProtocol, who: str, message: str):
         message = Message(None, None, "PRIVMSG", who, message[:1024])
+        self.send_message(conn, message)
+
+    def send_message(self, conn: IrcProtocol, message: Message):
         conn.send(str(message))
 
     async def on_join(self, conn: IrcProtocol, channel: str, who: Prefix):