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

"John R Levine" <johnl@taugh.com> Tue, 23 July 2019 16:27 UTC

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From: John R Levine <johnl@taugh.com>
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Subject: Re: [art] Auto-configuring Email Clients via WebFinger
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On Tue, 23 Jul 2019, Dave Cridland wrote:
>> 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.

In general I like SRV just fine but in this case, the config already 
provides a hostname and port so what does it add?  I don't thinkml MUAs 
are likely to use a backup IMAP server if the main one is unreachable.

Regards,
John Levine, johnl@taugh.com, Taughannock Networks, Trumansburg NY
"I dropped the toothpaste", said Tom, crestfallenly.

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