Hi djphil
I dont think it is a good idea just to cut the @* part in the friends module.
Theoretically u can have a friend firstname.lastname@local but also a friend firstname.lastname@othergrid.
What would tell u who is who if the rest is cut?
Sure, sometimes it is due to layout reasons required to keep the name shorter as it actually is, but this feature is already there
Greetz
FoTo50