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Re: [yam] [Imap-protocol] draft-daboo-srv-email: POP3S/IMAPS?

Arnt Gulbrandsen <arnt@gulbrandsen.priv.no> Sun, 17 January 2010 15:55 UTC

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Sabahattin Gucukoglu writes:
> Why does the spec provision for IMAPS and POP3S? Shouldn't we be 
> seriously discouraging that usage?

I'd like draft-daboo-srv-email to be the smallest reasonable change 
necessary in order to add srv autoconfiguration in clients.

Trying to accomplish two things is one too much.

Feel free to suggest wording for an informational section discouraging 
imaps/pop3s/smtps.

Arnt

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