Re: Gnome evolution and RFC 6186

[André Rodier <andre rodier me>]

On 03/04/18 09:59, Milan Crha wrote:
> On Tue, 2018-04-03 at 09:06 +0100, David Woodhouse wrote:
> > On Tue, 2018-04-03 at 07:30 +0100, André Rodier via desktop-devel-
> > list wrote:
> > > I am setting up DNS records for email services automatic discovery
> > > (RFC 6186) but it seems that evolution is ignoring them.
>
>       Hi,
> which version of Evolution we are talking about, please? The 3.28.0+
> does read SRV records and other stuff. Ideally Edit->Accounts->
> Add->Collection Account, which knows quite interesting things.
>
> > You might do better on the evolution mailing list (now in Cc),
>
> I'd avoid cross-posting, though you are correct that the evolution-list 
> is better for evolution-specific questions.
>
> > It would also be useful to delegate the various protocols'
> > autodiscover mechanisms to the back ends, instead of having protocol-
> > specific knowledge for EWS, ActiveSync, IMAP and other stuff hard-
> > coded into Evolution itself.
>
> Already done and possible, in 3.28.0+. The "old" (and still used)
> autoconfig uses the information based on the domain part of the email,
> while this information is stored on a GNOME server.
>       Bye,
>       Milan
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Hello Milan,

Sorry, I should have specified the version. My version is perhaps old, 3.22.

I am glad to know that the latest version implement DNS lookup. I wanted
to be sure that I did not forget a standard, and also wanted to check
that the RFC was widely used.

I will make sure to post in the right list next time.

Kind regards,
André

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