SIMPLE: username containing '@' causes problems

[achraf]

The Contact name consedered by our sip server is our email address. When I specify my mail address as "Username" on pidging account we cann't have connection with our sip server, because mail address contain "@" and pidgin will consider "@" as a separator for contac name and server name ===> wrong contact name and wrong server. Below trace issued from debugger utility:

(11:53:03) account: Connecting to account achraf.ben-hammouda@alcatel-lucent.fr@sip.alcatel.com
(11:53:03) util: Writing file accounts.xml to directory /root/.purple
(11:53:03) util: Writing file /root/.purple/accounts.xml
(11:53:03) util: Writing file blist.xml to directory /root/.purple
(11:53:03) util: Writing file /root/.purple/blist.xml
(11:53:24) autorecon: do_signon called
(11:53:24) autorecon: calling purple_account_connect
(11:53:24) account: Connecting to account achraf.ben-hammouda@alcatel-lucent.fr@sip.alcatel.com
(11:53:24) autorecon: done calling purple_account_connect
(11:53:25) util: Writing file accounts.xml to directory /root/.purple
(11:53:25) util: Writing file /root/.purple/accounts.xml
(11:53:55) connection: Connecting. gc = 0x8a53e40
(11:53:55) dnssrv: querying SRV record for _sip._tcp.alcatel-lucent.fr@sip.alcatel.com
(11:53:55) dnssrv: found 0 SRV entries
(11:53:55) network: Listening on port: 5063
(11:53:55) network: Couldn't create UPnP mapping
(11:53:55) network: Couldn't create UPnP mapping
(11:53:55) simple: listenfd: 29
(11:53:55) simple: connecting to alcatel-lucent.fr@sip.alcatel.com port 5060
(11:53:55) dns: DNS query for 'alcatel-lucent.fr@sip.alcatel.com' queued
(11:53:55) dns: Created new DNS child 27902, there are now 1 children.
(11:53:55) dns: Successfully sent DNS request to child 27902
(11:54:00) util: Writing file accounts.xml to directory /root/.purple
(11:54:00) util: Writing file /root/.purple/accounts.xml
(11:54:06) dns: Got response for 'alcatel-lucent.fr@sip.alcatel.com'
(11:54:06) dnsquery: Error resolving alcatel-lucent.fr@sip.alcatel.com:
Name or service not known
(11:54:06) proxy: Connection attempt failed: Error resolving alcatel-lucent.fr@sip.alcatel.com:
Name or service not known
(11:54:06) account: Disconnecting account 0x8a03750
(11:54:06) connection: Disconnecting connection 0x8a53e40
(11:54:06) Gtk: gtk_widget_destroy: assertion `GTK_IS_WIDGET (widget)' failed
(11:54:06) connection: Destroying connection 0x8a53e40

Best Regards

[chemistrydioxide]

This is the same as #2500 although it is about another protocol.

[chemistrydioxide]

copied this from the mailing list:

From: Mark Doliner <*> To: Achraf Ben Hammouda <*>, *, * Subject: Re: User name as am email address Date: Thu, 12 Jun 2008 11:24:04 -0500 (18:24 CEST) Mailer: Open WebMail? 2.51 20050228

Hmm, RFC 2543 (the older SIP RFC) states in section 2 that @ is not allowed in the username. I think RFC 3261 states the same thing in in section 25.1, but it's more difficult to read.

Is it common to have an "@" in the username portion of the SIP address??

-Mark

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[refried]

I received an authorization request on my Yahoo account from someone with username with the format:

name@…

I approved, and tried to add her as well, but got an error. I forget what it was. I know it looks like a MSN account, but it was truly received via my Yahoo account.

When I try to add her through the IM window, I get the error:

(8/10/2008 12:00:26 AM) Could not add buddy name@… to group <Group> to the server list on account <MyYahooAccount?>.

I am able to receive IMs from her, but haven't seen any evidence that I am able to return them.

The Pidgin Debug Window with error level "All" doesn't seem to indicate any problems.

I dunno if I should've submitted a new ticket for this or not, but seems like a fairly major bug if a valid class of usernames is actually being misparsed.

Thanks!

[chemistrydioxide]

You are talking about MSN and Yahoo. This ticket is about a problem with the SIP/SIMPLE protocol. You should open a new ticket for this issue.

Replying to refried:

I received an authorization request on my Yahoo account from someone with username with the format:

name@…

I approved, and tried to add her as well, but got an error. I forget what it was. I know it looks like a MSN account, but it was truly received via my Yahoo account.

When I try to add her through the IM window, I get the error:

(8/10/2008 12:00:26 AM) Could not add buddy name@… to group <Group> to the server list on account <MyYahooAccount?>.

I am able to receive IMs from her, but haven't seen any evidence that I am able to return them.

The Pidgin Debug Window with error level "All" doesn't seem to indicate any problems.

I dunno if I should've submitted a new ticket for this or not, but seems like a fairly major bug if a valid class of usernames is actually being misparsed.

Thanks!

[bernmeister]

Does this still occur in Pidgin 2.5.8?

[darkrain42]

Ticket #8466 has been marked as a duplicate of this ticket.