On 12/12/2017, 1:39:08 PM, Stephan Bosch <stephan@rename-it.nl> wrote:
However, keep in mind that for this particular feature we're just providing the "chicken" as it were. The "egg", i.e. client support, is still to come. Apart from Trojita (which I think is still not widely used), I know of no IMAP client supporting BURL/URLAUTH for message submission. I'd expect to see it first for clients that can truly benefit; i.e., mobile clients such as K9.
Oh... bummer...
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.
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