# Table of contents:
# Introduction
REA
is a command introduced with
MSNP2.
It is a Notification Server command, without either a request or response payload.
Renames a user. For the commands that replaced REA with a
MFN
property, read
PRP
and SBP.
# Client/Request
REA TrID user-handle new-friendly-name
Where
user-handle
is the user handle that you'd like to change the friendly name of.
If this is the current user's handle, the change will be announced via
NLN
to all users on your Reverse List (RL) if they are not in your Block List (BL).
Where
new-friendly-name
is the friendly name you'd like to set.
Subject to server-side restrictions.
# Server/Response
REA TrID list-version user-handle new-friendly-name
Where
list-version
is the new List Version.
# Examples
# Changing my friendly name
C: REA 1 example@hotmail.com new%20name
S: REA 1 256 example@hotmail.com new%20name
# Changing a stored friendly name
S: NLN NLN anotheruser@hotmail.com different%20name
C: REA 2 anotheruser@hotmail.com different%20name
S: REA 2 257 anotheruser@hotmail.com different%20name
# Not allowed to be called that
C: REA 3 example@hotmail.com bad
S: 209 3
# Can not change the friendly name of a user not in your lists
C: REA 4 ghost@hotmail.com ghost
S: 216 4
# Rate limited, try again later
C: REA 5 example@hotmail.com new%20name%201
S: REA 5 258 example@hotmail.com new%20name%201
C: REA 6 example@hotmail.com new%20name%202
S: REA 6 258 example@hotmail.com new%20name%202
C: REA 7 example@hotmail.com new%20name%203
S: REA 7 258 example@hotmail.com new%20name%203
C: REA 8 example@hotmail.com new%20name%204
S: REA 8 258 example@hotmail.com new%20name%204
C: REA 9 example@hotmail.com new%20name%205
S: REA 9 258 example@hotmail.com new%20name%205
C: REA 10 example@hotmail.com new%20name%206
S: 800 10