[jdev] How to handle AIM/external protocol users with "@" in buddyname

[Peter Saint-Andre]

The original aim-t supports jabber:iq:gateway, see JEP-0100. So you
should be able to feed the screen name to that transport and it will 
tell you how to handle it. Or of course you can go with the JEP-0106
method, though I don't think that's supported in any clients yet.

Peter

On Thu, Apr 28, 2005 at 01:04:51PM -0400, Paul Clegg wrote:
> Thanks Matt, this is just what I was looking for. We'll follow up with 
> Daniel from PyAim-t (if he doesn't see this on jdev) and we'll prepare a 
> patch for aim-t.
> 
> -Paul
> 
> On 4/28/05, Matt Tucker <matt at jivesoftware.com> wrote:
> > 
> > Paul,
> > 
> > Please check out the JID Escaping JEP:
> > http://www.jabber.org/jeps/jep-0106.html. The transport you're using
> > might need to be updated to support this, but it seems like the right
> > approach. There's been a lot of discussion about this JEP on the
> > standards-jib mailing list recently.
> > 
> > Regards,
> > Matt
> > 
> > > -----Original Message-----
> > > From: jdev-bounces at jabber.org
> > > [mailto:jdev-bounces at jabber.org] On Behalf Of Paul Clegg
> > > Sent: Thursday, April 28, 2005 9:25 AM
> > > To: jdev at jabber.org
> > > Subject: [jdev] How to handle AIM/external protocol users
> > > with "@" in buddyname
> > >
> > > We recently discovered a class of AIM users who have an "@"
> > > symbol in their buddy name (e.g. buddyname at somecompany.com).
> > > Neither aim-t or pyaim-t handle this case (the buddy is
> > > translated to the jid buddyname at somecompany.com@
> > > transport.server.com <http://transport.server.com> <
> > http://transport.server.com>, which is
> > > clearly not a legal jid).
> > >
> > > Can anyone recommend the correct way to resolve xmpp-illegal
> > > characters encountered in external protocols at the transport
> > > level, so that the contact can be properly assigned a jid,
> > > messaged, stored in the roster, etc.?
> > >
> > > I imagine that the MSN-t folks have dealt with this issue
> > > already and may have some suggestions for us.
> > >
> > > Thanks,
> > >
> > > Paul
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Peter Saint-Andre
Jabber Software Foundation
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