Here is a quote from 2543bis:

user: The name of the user addressed. Note that this field MAY be empty
where the destination host does not have a notion of users, e.g., for
embedded devices.

So I guess what you are seeing is OK.

Thank you,
Igor Slepchin

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Vijay Gurbani [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
> Sent: Tuesday, March 13, 2001 6:40 PM
> To: SIP Implementors
> Subject: [Sip-implementors] userinfo in Request URI
> 
> 
> Folks:
> 
> Every now and then I look at our public SIP server's log 
> files.  I have come
> across INVITE SIP requests that do not have the userinfo field in the
> Request URI.  As far as I know, while the userinfo field is 
> prohibited in 
> the REGISTER request, it is mandatory in the INVITE/OPTIONS/BYE/ACK 
> requests.
> 
> In other words, while
> 
>    REGISTER sip:lucent.com SIP/2.0
> 
> is fine, 
> 
>    INVITE sip:lucent.com SIP/2.0
> 
> is not; the userinfo field is required:
> 
>    INVITE sip:[EMAIL PROTECTED] SIP/2.0
> 
> Thanks,
> 
> - vijay
> -- 
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