On 13.12.2017 21:41, Tanstaafl wrote: > On 12/12/2017, 1:39:08 PM, Stephan Bosch <step...@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. > > :(
Actually it's supposed to serve as SMTP-like service as well. Aki