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* [[MailServerList|MailServerList]] | * [[MailServerList|MailServerList]] | ||
* [[Thunderbird:Autoconfiguration:DNSBasedLookup|DNS TXT-based ISP config lookup]] | * [[Thunderbird:Autoconfiguration:DNSBasedLookup|DNS TXT-based ISP config lookup]] | ||
* [[Thunderbird:Autoconfiguration:Security|Security considerations]], [[Thunderbird:Autoconfiguration:Security_review_FetchConfigFromISP|Security review]] | * [[Thunderbird:Autoconfiguration:Security|Security considerations]], [[Thunderbird:Autoconfiguration:Security_review_General|General Security review]] | ||
[[Thunderbird:Autoconfiguration:Security_review_FetchConfigFromISP|ISP Fetch Security review]] | |||
* [[Thunderbird:Autoconfiguration:MozillaWebservicePublish|ISP configuration database]] | * [[Thunderbird:Autoconfiguration:MozillaWebservicePublish|ISP configuration database]] | ||
* [[Thunderbird:Autoconfiguration:NextSteps|Next Steps]] | * [[Thunderbird:Autoconfiguration:NextSteps|Next Steps]] | ||
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#* This is only for intranet deployments, we won't be shipping any configs by default anymore, in favor of the following alternatives. | #* This is only for intranet deployments, we won't be shipping any configs by default anymore, in favor of the following alternatives. | ||
# Try to get the configuration from the email provider (not yet implemented) | # Try to get the configuration from the email provider (not yet implemented) | ||
## Try to contact http://autoconfig.<i>emailaddressdomain</i>/mail/config-v1.xml?emailaddress=<i>emailaddress</i> , e.g. http://autoconfig.example.com/mail/config-v1.xml?emailaddress=fred@example.com and see whether that host/URL exists. The returned file must have the [[Thunderbird:Autoconfiguration:ConfigFileFormat|ConfigFileFormat]] as below. <!-- As fallback, try http://<i>emailaddressdomain</i>/.well-known/autoconfig/mail/config-v1.xml?emailaddress=<i>emailaddress</i> .--> See [ | ## Try to contact http://autoconfig.<i>emailaddressdomain</i>/mail/config-v1.xml?emailaddress=<i>emailaddress</i> , e.g. http://autoconfig.example.com/mail/config-v1.xml?emailaddress=fred@example.com and see whether that host/URL exists. The returned file must have the [[Thunderbird:Autoconfiguration:ConfigFileFormat|ConfigFileFormat]] as below. <!-- As fallback, try http://<i>emailaddressdomain</i>/.well-known/autoconfig/mail/config-v1.xml?emailaddress=<i>emailaddress</i> .--> See [ ]. | ||
## and/or, define a DNS TXT record on domain example.net (for my.account@example.net) which contains an URL like e.g. https://www.example.net/mozilla.xml , which also returns this file format. A similar, but slightly different proposal is described in detail on [[Thunderbird:Autoconfiguration:DNSBasedLookup|DNSBasedLookup]]. | ## and/or, define a DNS TXT record on domain example.net (for my.account@example.net) which contains an URL like e.g. https://www.example.net/mozilla.xml , which also returns this file format. A similar, but slightly different proposal is described in detail on [[Thunderbird:Autoconfiguration:DNSBasedLookup|DNSBasedLookup]]. | ||
## and/or use DNS SRV records _imap._tcp.example.com etc. (Problem: Doesn't provide username form etc..) | ## and/or use DNS SRV records _imap._tcp.example.com etc. (Problem: Doesn't provide username form etc..) | ||
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* The newsgroup discussion is at news://news.mozilla.org:119/mozilla.dev.apps.thunderbird (Subject: '''Proposal: Auto-configuration''', Date: 2008-03-04) | * The newsgroup discussion is at news://news.mozilla.org:119/mozilla.dev.apps.thunderbird (Subject: '''Proposal: Auto-configuration''', Date: 2008-03-04) | ||
* [ | * [ ] [ ] [https://hg.mozilla.org/users/dascher_mozilla.com/autoconfig/ hg branch] | ||
* [http://groups.google.com/group/ispdb Google discussion group about ISPDB] | * [http://groups.google.com/group/ispdb Google discussion group about ISPDB] | ||
* The old/current RDF file format is documented at [http://developer.mozilla.org/en/docs/Thunderbird_ISP_hooks Thunderbird ISP hooks] | * The old/current RDF file format is documented at [http://developer.mozilla.org/en/docs/Thunderbird_ISP_hooks Thunderbird ISP hooks] | ||