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 <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> 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: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Paul Clegg > > > Sent: Thursday, April 28, 2005 9:25 AM > > > To: [email protected] > > > 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. [EMAIL PROTECTED]). > > > Neither aim-t or pyaim-t handle this case (the buddy is > > > translated to the jid [EMAIL PROTECTED]@ > > > 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 > > > _______________________________________________ > > > jdev mailing list > > > [email protected] > > > http://mail.jabber.org/mailman/listinfo/jdev > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > jdev mailing list > [email protected] > http://mail.jabber.org/mailman/listinfo/jdev > -- Peter Saint-Andre Jabber Software Foundation http://www.jabber.org/people/stpeter.shtml _______________________________________________ jdev mailing list [email protected] http://mail.jabber.org/mailman/listinfo/jdev
