On Wed, 2012-02-22 at 12:11 +0100, [email protected] wrote: > > There is a process for discovering the current user's address book(s), > > based on well-known URLs that redirect to the right place. If the server > > supports DNS SRV lookup, then you don't even need the base URL, just an > > email address is enough. This is what the other clients are using. If > > you are interested in the technical details, have a look at > > WebDAVSource::findCollections() in WebDAVSource.cpp of the SyncEvolution > > source code [1]. > > > Wait, let me put this in other words: There are clients that just try > to get through such URL that end with ".../users", > ".../users/addressbook" or something like this, so they just get > through all possibilities - is that correct?
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. > If yes: Is there any particular reason why Evolution does not do > this? No-one has had the time to implement it? Just guessing, I wasn't involved in the development. -- Bye, Patrick Ohly -- [email protected] http://www.estamos.de/ _______________________________________________ evolution-list mailing list [email protected] To change your list options or unsubscribe, visit ... http://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/evolution-list
