not able to add buddy

[Vel - Vy Systems]

Hi,

I'm not able to add buddies in (ubuntu OS).

i got the message as 

"Unable to Add

Unable to add the buddy magesh at vysystems.com because the username is invalid.  Usernames must be valid email addresses."

Please help
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