Pidgin/ejabberd

[Michael Secord]

On 12/13/2011 1:59 PM Robert Runyon <robertrunyon at gmail.com> said unto 
support at pidgin.im <support at pidgin.im>:
> I am using pidgin on my home network with ejabberd as the server.  In 
> conversation windows my userid appears as Robert at server / 
> 1182838493838483882.  This number does not appear to the person I am 
> talking to, just in my window. However, the same thing happens in 
> reverse on the receiving end.  Their userid appears with the number in 
> their window.
>
> Is there a way to stop this?  So that just "Robert at server" appears in 
> my conversation window?

Yes. Go into the account settings, on the Basic tab and modify the 
"local alias" to what you'd like to see.

-Michael

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