hi Jan. tried what u have said.i am still getting the same error. sunithi -----Original Message----- From: Jan Janak [mailto:jan@iptel.org] Sent: Tuesday, April 01, 2003 6:42 PM To: Sunithi JP Cc: &#39;serusers(a)lists.iptel.org&#39; Subject: Re: [Serusers] how do i add an alias? Hello, it should look like this: sc alias add test2 sip:test@indts.com Jan. On 01-04 18:27, Sunithi JP wrote: > hi all, > i am running SER (ver 0.8.10) with MySql support. > > i made an entry in the database for a user "test" using the command : > - serctl add test test test(a)indts.com <mailto:test@indts.com> > > now, i want to add an alias for the user "test". so when i type : > - serctl alias add test(a)indts.com <mailto:test@indts.com> > sip:test2@indts.com <mailto:sip:test2@indts.com> > > i get the following error > > sip:test2@indts.com <mailto:sip:test2@indts.com> > 400 ul_add: contact expected > > what is happening? pls help > > thx, > sunithi > > >