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Author: [[User:BenB|Ben Bucksch]]. Please do not change this doc without checking with the author.
Author: [[User:BenB|Ben Bucksch]]. Please do not change this doc without checking with the author.


This page is the authorative specification of the config file that the Mozilla ISPDB and config services at ISPs return.
This page is the authoritative specification of the config file that the Mozilla ISPDB and config services at ISPs return.


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.
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.
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     </emailProvider>
     </emailProvider>


     <!-- Syncronize the user's address book / contacts. Not yet implemented. Thunderbird uses RFC 6764 to do auto discovery. -->
     <!-- Syncronize the user's address book / contacts. Not implemented. Thunderbird uses RFC 6764 to do auto discovery. -->
    <!-- TODO: delete this section!! -->
     <addressBook type="carddav">
     <addressBook type="carddav">
       <username>%EMAILADDRESS%</username>
       <username>%EMAILADDRESS%</username>
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     </addressBook>
     </addressBook>


     <!-- Syncronize the user's calendar. Not yet implemented. Thunderbird uses RFC 6764 to do auto discovery. -->
     <!-- Syncronize the user's calendar. Not implemented. Thunderbird uses RFC 6764 to do auto discovery. -->
    <!-- TODO: delete this section!! -->
     <calendar type="caldav">
     <calendar type="caldav">
       <username>%EMAILADDRESS%</username>
       <username>%EMAILADDRESS%</username>
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     </calendar>
     </calendar>


     <!-- Upload files, allowing the user to share them. Not yet implemented.
     <!-- Upload files, allowing the user to share them. Not implemented.
         This can be used for Thunderbird's FileLink feature,
         This can be used for Thunderbird's FileLink feature,
         or to set up a file sync folder on the user's desktop. -->
         or to set up a file sync folder on the user's desktop. -->
    <!-- TODO: delete this section!! Obsoleted by RFC 6764. -->
     <fileShare type="webdav">
     <fileShare type="webdav">
       <username>%EMAILADDRESS%</username>
       <username>%EMAILADDRESS%</username>