thunderbird / thunderbird/autoconfig
Standardize autoconfig
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Description
Hello @benbucksch and others,
Recently I came across autoconfig because Thunderbird uses it. I think this is very useful protocol to set email easily. However, at the moment the protocol isn't standardized yet.
I would like to see autoconfig standardized. This means that autoconfig will be registered at https://www.iana.org/assignments/well-known-uris/well-known-uris.xhtml and the XML format (maybe also the old format) and the used HTTP URLs (maybe also the old paths) will be known by both email client implementers and email server hosters. It also will cause the protocol to be more mainstream and more used.
If I can help writing this standard (I think making an RFC is the easiest), I would like to do that.
Thanks in advance
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