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Help for naming


When selecting a name on lily there are a few important guidelines to be aware 
of first. These are reserved characters, spaces, and content. These rules apply 
to names chosen for groups, users (via /reserve) or discussions.

lily reserves a number of characters and they are not permitted to be in a name:
'[', ']', '_', and ','. The reasons behind these restrictions should be 
explained: [ and ] are to prevent people from duplicating other people's names 
and blurbs; the , and _ are to make sendlist parsing easier.

If someone uses a space in their name, when sending to them a '_' should be 
substituted for each space (i.e. "Harq al-Ada" becomes "Harq_al-Ada"). This 
substitution can be done for any command which accepts user names.

In the event of a conflict between a discussion and user name, simply place a 
'-' character in front of the name. This will cause the server to always treat 
the name as a discussion name. Similarly, if there is a name conflict between a 
user name and a group you have created, then put a '~' character in front of the
name to have the server always treat it as a user name.