[Pidgin] #2500: XMPP screen names with @ symbol

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#2500: XMPP screen names with @ symbol
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 Reporter:  mtthw.cmpbll  |        Owner:  deryni
     Type:  defect        |       Status:  new   
Milestone:                |    Component:  XMPP  
  Version:  2.5.8         |   Resolution:        
 Keywords:                |  
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Comment(by MarkDoliner):

 Someone on the Pidgin mailing list said he used /40 in place of @ and that
 worked for him.

 Is this really something we would want to do automatically?  RFC3920 says
 that both @ and / are prohibited characters in the node.

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