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Fri Nov 2 06:05:32 UTC 2012

> Unfortunately, I don't think I'm getting that error response with the
> version of ejabberd that I'm using. I'll double check it and inquire
> in the ejabberd list if this turns out to be the case.

if the error is delivered to the client the server is doing something 
wrong. Even though (iirc) 6121 does not explicitly specify how to handle 
the error, delivering it to a users client without modifying the roster 
is certainly not the right thing.

See http://www.ietf.org/mail-archive/web/xmpp/current/msg00057.html and 
http://www.ietf.org/mail-archive/web/xmpp/current/msg01406.html for some 
background information.