On 21/07/14 22:38, Thomas Lübking wrote:
> On Montag, 21. Juli 2014 23:21:37 CEST, Matt Richardson wrote:
>> but that might be preferable to automatically
>> sending the user's email address to a third-party.
> Is that actually reuqired or could one modify the sent address
>
> [email protected] -> [email protected]

Actually you're quite right, as it currently stands the class only sends
the domain, not the full address, which presumably covers off any
privacy concerns.

>
> Ultimately you want the data for the server part of the address - they
> should not be specific for a particular user (and if they are, that
> user probably does not require autoconfiguration)
>
> On ISPDB:
> just to be sure, did you check legal requirements (ie. is it "ok" for
> everyone to query mozillas database - or do you eg. need to spoof the
> UA)?

According to Mozilla: "The ISPDB is a central database, currently hosted
by Mozilla Messaging, but free to use for any client" [1] so it seems
we're OK on that one.

>
> Cheers,
> Thomas
>

Thanks
Matt

[1]
https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Mozilla/Thunderbird/Autoconfiguration

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