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on 3/8/02 5:52 AM, Eric Peyton <[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.
>
> Yeah - nicks are only sent to the server, they aren't used for anything
> else.
>
> You should set your name to be whatever you want to see in the Profile
> preferences.
I've cleaned up the naming of Account buddies and made the account buddies
respect your name preference again.
>> 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?
>
> Yeah - I've noticed that as well.
AIM should notice your server buddies when you log in. MSN won't notice
until the buddy is online.
-Jason
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