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On 3/8/02 03:55, "Alex Fuller" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Although I have been able to enter a nickname in my ICQ account box, I show
> up in my accounts list etc as the account UIN. The preference for Buddies to
> appear as aliases only is checked, but doesn't seem to apply to me.
It works for me. I think I told it to use your nick instead of your UIN
regardless of the preference for buddies.
> Also, while ICQ and MSN (the two services I use) do now download buddy lists
> from the server, it seems that each buddy has to be online at least once to
> be noticed - until then they don't even show up in the offline buddies group
> - is that correct?
Yes. If you haven't edited a buddy (including changing the group), the
buddy is not stored locally and will not show up in the list until they sign
on. (This is for MSN anyway -- you'll have to ask David how ICQ handles
it.) This can be changed if we want to.
> Also it doesn't seem to pick up MSN nicknames from the server - I have
> everyone listed by email address.
Fire currently ignores FriendlyNames.
Colter
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