# Table of contents:

• Introduction
• Client/Request
• Server/Response
• Examples
  • Without GUIDs
    • Change contact's cached friendly name
  • With GUIDs
    • Change contact's cached friendly name
    • Add mobile number to contact
    • Remove mobile number from contact
  • Errors
  • Command removed
• Known changes

# Introduction

SBP is a command introduced with MSNP10.

It is a Notification Server command, without a request or response payload.

Sets a buddy's property in your cache to a specified value. For the command this replaced, read REA.

# Client/Request

SBP TrID contact-id property value {assign-as-mobile}

Where contact-id is the C= value from either ADD or LST.
If you are using ABCHMigrated: 0, this is the contact's user handle.
If you are instead using ABCHMigrated: 1, this is the contact's GUID.

Where property are any of the values:

• MFN: My Friendly Name
• MOB: User can contact me via MSN Mobile, changed by the Client Capability.
• WWE: User can contact me via MSN Direct, changed by the Client Capability.
• PHM: MSNP11+: The user's mobile phone number.
• HSB: MSNP11+: Has blog, changed by the Client Capability.

Where value is the URL-encoded value to set the related property to.

Where assign-as-mobile is set to 1 if setting the property of PHM via the Add mobile number to contact dialog,
or set to 0 if removed with the Remove mobile number from contact option. Added since MSNP11

# Server/Response

SBP TrID contact-id property value

Same parameters as the request.

# Examples

# Without GUIDs

Only with ABCHMigrated: 0.

# Change contact's cached friendly name

C: SBP 1 anotheruser@hotmail.com MFN another%20user
S: SBP 1 anotheruser@hotmail.com MFN anoter%20user

# With GUIDs

Only with ABCHMigrated: 1.

# Change contact's cached friendly name

C: SBP 2 c1f9a363-4ee9-4a33-a434-b056a4c55b98 MFN another%20user
S: SBP 2 c1f9a363-4ee9-4a33-a434-b056a4c55b98 MFN another%20user

# Add mobile number to contact

Since MSNP11.
Requires configuring <MobileMessaging> to perform in the Official Client.

C: SBP 3 c1f9a363-4ee9-4a33-a434-b056a4c55b98 PHM tel:+15554444333 1
S: SBP 3 c1f9a363-4ee9-4a33-a434-b056a4c55b98 PHM tel:+15554444333 1

# Remove mobile number from contact

Since MSNP11.
Requires configuring <MobileMessaging> to perform in the Official Client.

C: SBP 4 c1f9a363-4ee9-4a33-a434-b056a4c55b98 PHM tel:+15554444333 0
S: SBP 4 c1f9a363-4ee9-4a33-a434-b056a4c55b98 PHM tel:+15554444333 0

# Errors

None are currently known. If you know of one, please contact me.

# Command removed

Since MSNP13.

C: SBP 5 c1f9a363-4ee9-4a33-a434-b056a4c55b98 MFN another%20user

Server disconnects client.

# Known changes

• MSNP11: Added support for HSB property, and assigning mobile numbers to contacts.
• MSNP13: Removed, use Address Book Service's ABContactUpdate action instead.