Re: Gnome evolution and RFC 6186

[Andre Klapper <ak-47 gmx net>]

On Tue, 2018-04-03 at 07:30 +0100, André Rodier wrote:
> I hope I am posting on the right mailing list. I am working on a
> project that installs an email server from scratch.
>
> I am setting up DNS records for email services automatic discovery (RFC
> 6186) but it seems that evolution is ignoring them.
>
> However, something is definitely working, as my domain is hosted on
> Gandi, and the automatic settings come back with Gandi IMAP/SMTP
> records, even if I don't use Gandi to host emails.
>
> What is the logic used by evolution to automatically discover email
> parameters?

AFAIK Evolution just queries api.gnome.org and does not implement RFC
6186. Some reasons are listed in
https://git.gnome.org/browse/evolution/tree/src/mail/e-mail-autoconfig.c#n18

You might get better (and informed) answers by asking on
https://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/evolution-hackers

andre
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