Autoconfig server

[Paul van der Vlis]

Hello,

I am a little e-mail provider and I have many domains for mail for my
customers. To make Thunderbird autoconfigure work, I need a server for
so far I know, what gives the username what belongs to an e-mail adres
(e.g. in...@example.com -> janvandermeer).

from:
https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Mozilla/Thunderbird/Autoconfiguration
"For more complicated setups, for example when the login name does not
appear in the the email address, the XML file can also be generated by
the ISP. In such complicated cases, this is the only way to allow an
automatic setup."

Does somebody here know such a server what gives such an XML file?

With regards,
Paul van der Vlis.


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[Mark]

On 04/09/2016 17:12, Paul van der Vlis wrote:
> Hello,
>
> I am a little e-mail provider and I have many domains for mail for my
> customers. To make Thunderbird autoconfigure work, I need a server for
> so far I know, what gives the username what belongs to an e-mail adres
> (e.g. in...@example.com -> janvandermeer).
>
> from:
> https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Mozilla/Thunderbird/Autoconfiguration
> "For more complicated setups, for example when the login name does not
> appear in the the email address, the XML file can also be generated by
> the ISP. In such complicated cases, this is the only way to allow an
> automatic setup."
>
> Does somebody here know such a server what gives such an XML file?
>
> With regards,
> Paul van der Vlis.
>
>

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[Paul van der Vlis]

Op 04-09-16 om 21:17 schreef Mark:

> Mail-in-a-Box lets you become your own mail service provider in a few
> easy steps. It’s sort of like making your own gmail, but one you control
> from top to bottom.
> https://mailinabox.email/

I am already my own e-mail provider since 15 years. I am looking for an
autoconfig server for Thunderbird, not for a new mailserver.

With regards,
Paul van der Vlis.

[Marcel Herrguth]

Hello,

I have about 10 Domains on my System with autoconfig.
I simply created the needed domain entry and redirect the requests
(since those are specific and always the same) to a different subdomain
inside a folder with the needed XML for that one domain.

That's a quite simple and fast setup - does not need special servers,
only an apache or nginx.
If you cannot do that because your usernames are always different.. so
needing a mail address lookup for the Servername, the second request is
what you need:

http://autoconfig.example.com/mail/config-v1.xml?emailaddress=fr...@example.com

You could do that with a php script actually.. you'll "just" have to
watch out because of escaping and stuff...

Does that cover your needs or is it not special enough?

Best regards
Marcel

Am 4.9.2016 19:12, schrieb Paul van der Vlis:
> Hello,
>
> I am a little e-mail provider and I have many domains for mail for my
> customers. To make Thunderbird autoconfigure work, I need a server for
> so far I know, what gives the username what belongs to an e-mail adres
> (e.g. in...@example.com -> janvandermeer).
>
> from:
> https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Mozilla/Thunderbird/Autoconfiguration
> "For more complicated setups, for example when the login name does not
> appear in the the email address, the XML file can also be generated by
> the ISP. In such complicated cases, this is the only way to allow an
> automatic setup."
>
> Does somebody here know such a server what gives such an XML file?
>

> With regards,
> Paul van der Vlis.

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[Paul van der Vlis]

Hello Marcel and others,

Op 05-09-16 om 14:47 schreef Marcel Herrguth:

> Hello,
>
> I have about 10 Domains on my System with autoconfig.
> I simply created the needed domain entry and redirect the requests
> (since those are specific and always the same) to a different subdomain
> inside a folder with the needed XML for that one domain.
>
> That's a quite simple and fast setup - does not need special servers,
> only an apache or nginx.

I have something like that too, but I want it better.

> If you cannot do that because your usernames are always different.. so
> needing a mail address lookup for the Servername, the second request is
> what you need:
>
> http://autoconfig.example.com/mail/config-v1.xml?emailaddress=fr...@example.com
>
>
> You could do that with a php script actually.. you'll "just" have to
> watch out because of escaping and stuff...

I am looking for such a PHP script, because I have e.g. many
mailadresses what have "info" before the "@".

It's not to lookup the servername because that's always the same, but to
lookup the username of the customer.

With regards,
Paul van der Vlis.

> Does that cover your needs or is it not special enough?
>
> Best regards
> Marcel
>
>
> Am 4.9.2016 19:12, schrieb Paul van der Vlis:
>> Hello,
>>
>> I am a little e-mail provider and I have many domains for mail for my
>> customers. To make Thunderbird autoconfigure work, I need a server for
>> so far I know, what gives the username what belongs to an e-mail adres
>> (e.g. in...@example.com -> janvandermeer).
>>
>> from:
>> https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Mozilla/Thunderbird/Autoconfiguration
>>
>> "For more complicated setups, for example when the login name does not
>> appear in the the email address, the XML file can also be generated by
>> the ISP. In such complicated cases, this is the only way to allow an
>> automatic setup."
>>
>> Does somebody here know such a server what gives such an XML file?
>>
>> With regards,
>> Paul van der Vlis.
>




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[Marcel Herrguth]

Hey Paul,

googled a bit... there are different ways to achieve what you want.

LDAP Lookup:
http://www.hp-dv-systeme.de/fur-mailserverbetreiber-thunderbird-automatisch-konfigurieren/
(mainly just the code, it's self explaining, BUT it lacks control of the
input data)

Basic stuff with templates, not exactly what you want, but expandable:
https://github.com/julianjm/autoconfig

Hope that helps a bit on your thoughts. I don't think there's a finished
solution for you.
If you have no trouble with a bit of PHP-Coding, then you'll be fine.

Best regards
Marcel

Am 5.9.2016 15:22, schrieb Paul van der Vlis:
> Hello Marcel and others,
>
> Op 05-09-16 om 14:47 schreef Marcel Herrguth:

>> Hello,
>>
>> I have about 10 Domains on my System with autoconfig.
>> I simply created the needed domain entry and redirect the requests
>> (since those are specific and always the same) to a different
>> subdomain
>> inside a folder with the needed XML for that one domain.
>>
>> That's a quite simple and fast setup - does not need special servers,
>> only an apache or nginx.
>

> I have something like that too, but I want it better.
>

>> If you cannot do that because your usernames are always different.. so
>> needing a mail address lookup for the Servername, the second request
>> is
>> what you need:
>>
>> http://autoconfig.example.com/mail/config-v1.xml?emailaddress=fr...@example.com
>>
>>
>> You could do that with a php script actually.. you'll "just" have to
>> watch out because of escaping and stuff...
>

> I am looking for such a PHP script, because I have e.g. many
> mailadresses what have "info" before the "@".
>
> It's not to lookup the servername because that's always the same, but
> to
> lookup the username of the customer.
>

[Paul van der Vlis]

Op 05-09-16 om 15:50 schreef Marcel Herrguth:

> Hey Paul,
>
> googled a bit... there are different ways to achieve what you want.
>
> LDAP Lookup:
> http://www.hp-dv-systeme.de/fur-mailserverbetreiber-thunderbird-automatisch-konfigurieren/

Ah, this script is new for me.

> (mainly just the code, it's self explaining, BUT it lacks control of the
> input data)
>
> Basic stuff with templates, not exactly what you want, but expandable:
> https://github.com/julianjm/autoconfig

I allready saw that.

> Hope that helps a bit on your thoughts. I don't think there's a finished
> solution for you.

I am affraid too. E.g. my users are also using wildcards, where all (or
"the rest") of the mail from a domain-name comes into a mailbox.

I have to think about it.

> If you have no trouble with a bit of PHP-Coding, then you'll be fine.

I was looking for a "ready to use" solution, but I am affraid it does
not excist.