[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 '[EMAIL PROTECTED]'. They don't seem to like the '@'.   IMHO, if the user enters UserName : [EMAIL PROTECTED] Server : im.xyz.com   Then it should connect to the server at im.xyz.com and send the JID as [EMAIL PROTECTED] 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