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DNS record fetches are not trivial to implement, as [http://groups.google.com/group/mozilla.dev.apps.thunderbird/browse_thread/thread/e8bdb0af31961908/d9810a0056106917?lnk=st&q=thunderbird+dmose+DNS#d9810a0056106917 dmose says], because Mozilla has no API to fetch arbitrary DNS records (like TXT), only to resolve hostnames (A records). | DNS record fetches are not trivial to implement, as [http://groups.google.com/group/mozilla.dev.apps.thunderbird/browse_thread/thread/e8bdb0af31961908/d9810a0056106917?lnk=st&q=thunderbird+dmose+DNS#d9810a0056106917 dmose says], because Mozilla has no API to fetch arbitrary DNS records (like TXT), only to resolve hostnames (A records). | ||
Checking the SSL cert's domain name against an | Checking the SSL cert's domain name against an arbitrary domain name (in our case the email address domain) may or may not be easy with Mozilla's APIs, unclear. | ||
Should be part of NSS. URL should be displayed in the UI. [[User:Eddyn|Eddyn]] 19:15, 17 March 2008 (PDT) | |||