Op 12/14/2017 om 6:07 PM schreef Tanstaafl: > One other point. > > Adding support for something like this that also requires Clients to add > support for it is just begging for a feature that never gets used. > > Stephan, are you sure there is no (fairly simple) way to make this an > SMTP service that any email client that supports SMTP can use?
It already is a normal compliant SMTP submission server. Just the BURL part is something that requires additional client support. Regards, Stephan. > > > On 12/14/2017, 10:57:44 AM, Tanstaafl <[email protected]> wrote: >> On 12/14/2017, 3:03:41 AM, Aki Tuomi <[email protected]> wrote: >>> On 13.12.2017 21:41, Tanstaafl wrote: >>>> On 12/12/2017, 1:39:08 PM, Stephan Bosch <[email protected]> wrote: >>>> I thought this was simply going to be an SMTP like service that any SMTP >>>> client could utilize, keeping the BURL/URLAUTH pieces working only >>>> between Dovecot and the MTA it works with. Meaning, instead of >>>> connecting an SMTP service provided by Postfix, you connect to one >>>> provided by Dovecot. I guess there is a good reason it couldn't be made >>>> to work this way. >>>> >>>> For obvious reasons, the likelihood that Thunderbird will add >>>> BURL/URLAUTH support anytime in the next few years is probably nonexistent. >>> Actually it's supposed to serve as SMTP-like service as well. >> Meaning... it actually won't require Thunderbird to implement anything >> (at least painful) to allow it to make use of it? >> >> <he said in a meek, hopeful voice> >> >> Thanks Aki, >> >> Charles >>
