Uid management for IM

John W. Moore III johnmoore3rd at joimail.com
Fri Mar 10 21:23:48 CET 2006


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Charly Avital wrote:
> Option 2 is better, IMO.
> 
> I don't think you can create a new uid *without* an e-mail address,
> unless you present it (when going through the generation's prompts) as
> something that looks like an e-mail address, e.g.
> ICQ12345 at ICQ12345.notaneimailaddress, of whatever you like, but
> consisting of two parts separated by the at-mark (shift-2). Just a thought.

I don't see why one could not add a "Free form" UID consisting of one's
icq # (or any other identifier) and then if one chose, select it as the
_Primary_ UID on the Key.

JOHN ;)
Timestamp: Friday 10 Mar 2006, 15:22  --500 (Eastern Standard Time)
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