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Update intro: remove reference to RDF, add that evolution and kmail are using it, too
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This page describes the content of the config file that the Mozilla webservice, ISP config service etc. return.
This page describes the content of the config file that the Mozilla webservice, ISP config service etc. return.


It should be XML, with a clearly defined format, to be stable and usable by other mail clients, too.
It is XML, with a clearly defined format, to be stable and usable by other mail clients, too. Update Aug 2010: In fact, [http://projects.gnome.org/evolution/ Evolution] and [http://userbase.kde.org/KMail KMail] and [http://www.kontact.org Kontact] now use it, too.
 
The [http://developer.mozilla.org/en/docs/Thunderbird_ISP_hooks old/current RDF file format] seems good in structure, but needs to be cleaned up to remove the RDF bits, Mozilla specifics etc.. It would be processed as normal XML, e.g. using E4X in Thunderbird.


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