Re: [Evolution] Connecting to Carddav Server fails

[Adam Tauno Williams <awilliam whitemice org>]

On Wed, 2012-02-22 at 14:14 +0100, DennisMail gmx net wrote:
> > 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.
> I would agree that brute force is not the right way, but I am not sure
> if I would go that far to call go through a list of possible URL a
> "brute force". 

That is exactly what it is.  And it means that a perfectly functional
server that happens to use a URL scheme the client doesn't attempt
appears as unsupported.

> Anyhow, I cannot think of another way - except if the server would
> send the URLs to the client.

Which a conforming server does per the CalDAV and CardDAV specs.

> Can you tell me how this is generally implemented?
> > No-one has had the time to implement it? Just guessing, I wasn't
> > involved in the development.
> Ah - this would explain it :)

Evolution does support, at least for the Calendar, discover and
selection of collections.  The CardDAV support seems to lag behind.

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