Escaping of '@' to '%' instead of '\40'

openfire server replace ‘@’ with ‘\40’ of a third party IM (msn, gtalk) contact id like abc\40hotmail.com@msn.mydomain.com, but i want that open fire returns the contact id in that form abc%hotmail.com@msn.mydomain.com.

Please somebody help me.

For those who do not know go to http://kraken.blathersource.org/node/8

Great Daniel have put the solution put ->plugin.gateway.tweak.persistentroster<- to ->true<- in the

Server->Server Manager ->System Properties (:9090 Openfire - Add New property)