Thunderbird Auto Config
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Overview
This method allow an easy config for Thunderbird Client.
It's same method used by ISP: you just need to supply your name, password and e-mail.
It works by create a file in a very specific place: in a "mail" directory in same URL your domain is.
So if you have a www.mydomain.com site, create a mail directory there and publish this file under name config-v1.1.xml.
Verify you can read this file using a browser and the url: www.mydomain.com/mail/config-v1.1.xml.
For more details about this file, search for his name on Google.
This config below allow ONLY use of IMAP and SMTPs for all user using the autoconfig.
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?> <clientConfig version="1.1"> <emailProvider id="linuxfacil.net"> <domain>linuxfacil.net</domain> <displayName>Linuxfacil Ltda</displayName> <displayShortName>Linuxfacil</displayShortName> <incomingServer type="imap"> <hostname>mail.linuxfacil.net</hostname> <port>993</port> <socketType>SSL</socketType> <authentication>password-cleartext</authentication> <username>%EMAILLOCALPART%</username> </incomingServer> <outgoingServer type="smtp"> <hostname>mail.linuxfacil.net</hostname> <port>465</port> <socketType>SSL</socketType> <authentication>password-cleartext</authentication> <username>%EMAILLOCALPART%</username> </outgoingServer> <documentation url="http://kundenservice.freenet.de/hilfe/email/programme/config/index.html"> <descr lang="pt-br">Págna de configuracoes Generica</descr> <descr lang="en">Generic settings page</descr> </documentation> <documentation url="http://kundenservice.freenet.de/hilfe/email/programme/config/thunderbird/imap-thunderbird/imap/index.html"> <descr lang="pt-br">Configuracoes do Thunderbird ESR para IMAP</descr> <descr lang="en">Thunderbird ESR IMAP settings</descr> </documentation> </emailProvider> </clientConfig>