Using a combination of the LoginToboggan, Email Registration, and RealName modules, users on my site never see their username -- they use their real names only. Is it possible to use another profile field for the To: address? Or some other kind of integration with RealName?

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berdir’s picture

berdir
Primary language German
Location Switzerland
commented

The problem is that realname doesn't provide a "reverse lookup" and that could be pretty complicated, especially when multiple profile fields are used, with whitespace and so on.

We simply need a way to get the uid of a "username string", if realname can provide that, I'm sure we can find a solution to implement an integration.

DGyn’s picture

DGyn commented

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black silence’s picture

black silence commented

real names are not unique, reverse lookup is near to impossible i guess

you'd have to use the uid

guillaumeduveau’s picture

guillaumeduveau
Location Toulouse
commented

We talk about that too here : #369334: Realname for Privatemsg autocomplete

harry slaughter’s picture

harry slaughter
Location Omaha NE USA
commented
Issue tags: +realname for privatemsg

See also:

http://drupal.org/node/468512
http://drupal.org/node/369334

berdir’s picture

berdir
Primary language German
Location Switzerland
commented
Status: Active » Closed (duplicate)

See #668544: Privatemsg To: Realname support

hanmant.sapkal’s picture

hanmant.sapkal commented

I m also interested to have real-names with privatemsg+autocomplete rather than username. But agree with fact, real names are not unique. What should we do?

berdir’s picture

berdir
Primary language German
Location Switzerland
commented

Install 6.x-2.x and enable privatemsg_realname. The problem has been solved.