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diff --git a/docs/autodiscovery.rst b/docs/autodiscovery.rst new file mode 100644 index 0000000..7f4d438 --- /dev/null +++ b/docs/autodiscovery.rst @@ -0,0 +1,17 @@ +Autodiscovery +============= + +`RFC6186 <https://www.rfc-editor.org/rfc/rfc6186>`_ allows supporting email clients to automatically discover SMTP / IMAP addresses +of the mailserver. For that, the following records are required: + +================ ==== ==== ======== ====== ==== ================= +Record TTL Type Priority Weight Port Value +================ ==== ==== ======== ====== ==== ================= +_submission._tcp 3600 SRV 5 0 587 mail.example.com. +_imap._tcp 3600 SRV 5 0 143 mail.example.com. +_imaps._tcp 3600 SRV 5 0 993 mail.example.com. +================ ==== ==== ======== ====== ==== ================= + +Please note that only a few MUAs currently implement this. For vendor-specific +discovery mechanisms `automx <https://github.com/rseichter/automx2>`_ can be used instead. + |