[JDEV] Question about UserName and Clients

[Ashvil]

Is there a reason why some clients like JabberIM 1.10 and WinJab 1.1 do not allow you to use an email address as a user name like 'abc at xyz.com'. They don't seem to like the '@'.

IMHO, if the user enters
UserName : abc at xyz.com
Server : im.xyz.com

Then it should connect to the server at im.xyz.com and send the JID as abc at xyz.com
And if the username does not contain a '@' character, then append the server name to generate the JID. 

This way, I can run the server on a sub domain (maybe outsourced to a different ISP) and still have my JID with my main domain name.

Can someone enlighten me on this issue. 

Regards,
Ashvil

PS - WinJab 0.9.5.7 used to do this the way, I suggested

 
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