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Re: [art] Auto-configuring Email Clients via WebFinger

Dave Cridland <dave@cridland.net> Tue, 23 July 2019 08:55 UTC

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From: Dave Cridland <dave@cridland.net>
Date: Tue, 23 Jul 2019 09:55:25 +0100
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Subject: Re: [art] Auto-configuring Email Clients via WebFinger
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On Sat, 20 Jul 2019 at 06:04, John Levine <johnl@taugh.com> wrote:

> In article <CAKHUCzzS+k_DUwaBcvTH_68G4JS_6UHA=
> b6Ak49HuPVgta6zwg@mail.gmail.com> you write:
> >I'm not saying that additional information isn't needed, but it'd be nice
> >to be able to use SRV alongside.
>
> There are places where, say, mailboxes with local parts starting with
> A-M are on one IMAP server and those starting with N-Z are on another.
> It's hard to see how you could do that with SRV records tied to the
> domain.
>
>
Sure. I'm just thinking that anywhere you say "IMAP server" we'd put an SRV
resolution.


> >The Thunderbird config would need to be adapted anyway; it's not easily
> >extensible, due to not using XML namespaces, for one thing.
>
> It definitely needs extensions.
>
>
s/extensions/extensibility/ but yes.

Dave.

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