Re: [Ekiga-list] Cannot make SIP calls with Ekiga 3.0.1

[Eugen Dedu <Eugen Dedu pu-pm univ-fcomte fr>]

Clayton wrote:
> > > > Try to call:
> > > > sip:yournumber sip voiparound com
> > > > instead of sip:yournumber
> > > >
> > > > There is this error in your log:
> > > >
> > > > SIP     Connecting to sip:[...] via [...]
> > > > Socket  Illegal RFC952 characters in DNS name [...]
> > > > Opal    Could not find host [...]
> > > OK, tried that (I thought I had tried that several times in the
> > > troubleshooting I had done before sending a mail to this list), and I
> > > can make a call now... the call quality is shockingly bad, but I do
> > > get through using the full sip:yournumber sip voiparound com syntax.
> > >
> > > Is this a new requirement?  In 2.0.12 I could simply type in the phone
> > Yes.
> >
> > I propose (maybe I will fix too):
> > - either print "Malformed number" or something like this
> > - or desactivate the Call button until the number has a @ inside
>
> This seems like a major regression in functionality... doesn't it?

I don't think so, because of the auto-completion feature (small combobox 
opened upon typing address).

> Personally, I can type in the whole mess to make a call, but I am not
> the only user on this computer... there are other no-so-computer savvy
> users who use Ekiga to make calls.  If I have to try to re-train them
> to type in a long and, to them, complicated URI to make a call, they
> will simply stop using it, or I will have to roll back to 2.0.12.

There is an auto-completion feature.

Also, do you remember the old days when the e-mail addresses could 
contain only user names?  Nowadays, the host name is mandatory...

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Eugen