Re: [Evolution] Connecting to Carddav Server fails

[Patrick Ohly <patrick ohly gmx de>]

On Wed, 2012-02-22 at 12:11 +0100, DennisMail gmx net wrote:
> > There is a process for discovering the current user's address book(s),
> > based on well-known URLs that redirect to the right place. If the server
> > supports DNS SRV lookup, then you don't even need the base URL, just an
> > email address is enough. This is what the other clients are using. If
> > you are interested in the technical details, have a look at
> > WebDAVSource::findCollections() in WebDAVSource.cpp of the SyncEvolution
> > source code [1].
>
>
> Wait, let me put this in other words: There are clients that just try
> to get through such URL that end with ".../users",
> ".../users/addressbook" or something like this, so they just get
> through all possibilities - is that correct?

It's a bit more elaborate than just trying several URLs with brute
force, but yes, there is a way to not depend on the user knowing the
right URL.

>  If yes: Is there any particular reason why Evolution does not do
> this?

No-one has had the time to implement it? Just guessing, I wasn't
involved in the development.

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