Thanks for all the info. Unfortunately I have tried all the different formatting I found in previous / old posts including:
PRIVMSG #roomname :.w targetuser words that are to be sent
and nothing works. The bot is a newer account, but it is created from my “main” account that I stream under using the SAME Email address. The MAIN account CAN send whispers, the bot account CAN NOT. (I just tested this now, didn’t know this when originally posting) So it’s 100% the account not the code. Anything I can do about that?