So that when setting up mail in Thunderbird do not manually enter connection data, you can organize autoconfiguration... To do this, the site needs place special config file in format XML... After that, when configuring mail, the mail client will check for the presence of this file in standard locations. If the file is found, the settings will be filled in automatically and it will be enough just to select the protocol for incoming mail:
The file contains common for all users of our mail service data for connecting to mailboxes: Host addresses, port numbers, and connection types for IMAP, POP3, and SMTP. To download, click on the file name.
- config-v1.1.xml
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<clientConfig version="1.1">
<emailProvider id="mail.adm.tools">
<domain>%EMAILDOMAIN%</domain>
<displayName>%EMAILADDRESS%</displayName>
<displayShortName>%EMAILADDRESS%</displayShortName>
<incomingServer type="imap">
<hostname>mail.adm.tools</hostname>
<port>993</port>
<socketType>SSL</socketType>
<authentication>password-cleartext</authentication>
<username>%EMAILADDRESS%</username>
</incomingServer>
<incomingServer type="pop3">
<hostname>mail.adm.tools</hostname>
<port>995</port>
<socketType>SSL</socketType>
<authentication>password-cleartext</authentication>
<username>%EMAILADDRESS%</username>
</incomingServer>
<outgoingServer type="smtp">
<hostname>mail.adm.tools</hostname>
<port>465</port>
<socketType>SSL</socketType>
<authentication>password-cleartext</authentication>
<username>%EMAILADDRESS%</username>
</outgoingServer>
</emailProvider>
</clientConfig>
The autoconfiguration file can be placed on the main domain or subdomain autoconfig
:
To place the file, do the following:
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Check the availability of the file using a link like
example.com/.well-known/autoconfig/mail/config-v1.1.xml
where
example.com
- your domain name from
mailboxes.
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To place the file, do the following:
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Check the availability of the file using a link like
autoconfig.example.com/mail/config-v1.1.xml
where
example.com
- your domain name from
mailboxes.
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