Thread: Change GMail Nickname?
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BlueSky is offline BlueSky
2008-01-06 , 14:52
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Originally Posted by lengau View Post
In Telepathy, I've got my GMail account set up to have a specific Nickname. However, no matter what I do, it always seems to use a different Nickname when I'm chatting.

How do I change this, if not through the account interface?
I believe that if you IM someone, it will always use the "nickname" you first used, unless they then change it afterwards. So I believe the person you IM needs to change it by clicking on your contact details.

It seems like a bug in gmail. It certainly isn't the way I expected it to work either.