Re: login name syntax
"Peter Millard" <me-STcBuFROdrv2eFz/[email protected]> Tue, 5 Jul 2005 09:27:05 -0600
| Newsgroups | gmane.network.jabber.exodus.user |
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| Message-ID | <00a301c58176$344b47c0$e201020a@pmillard2k> |
>> We tested with Exodus version 8, 9.0 and 9.1 and it seems that all >> versions requires another syntax in the login name. While v8 is working >> with spaces in the name (Ludwig Stokkelaar@xxx), V9.0 requires a dot >> (Ludwig.Stokkelaar@xxx). V9.1 seems only accept lowercase letters in the >> loginname (like Ludwig.stokkelaar@xxx) >> >> Why does this change that often ? And what's the reason for that ? We >> planned to work with 9.1 because of group chat and XMPP, but we need to >> change all the profiles. As a consequence, the local contact lists will >> disappear from our users because of a change in the profile It changes as Exodus becomes more "correct" with jid handling. Version 0.8.x was just wrong to allow spaces :) They are explicitly not allowed in jids (check the XMPP RFCs on xmpp.org). 0.9.1 is now doing case folding which means if you enter "PGM", it will turn it into "pgm". This is also the right thing to do according to the XMPP RFCs. pgm.