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
