Automatic acquisition of POP3/IMAP/SMTP parameters for an email server

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I'm trying to find a way in order to retrieve POP3/IMAP/SMTP parameters for a specific e-mail server. What I would like to do is the following: given any e-mail address, such as [email protected]/it/etc, retrieve the correct POP3/IMAP settings in order to retrieve e-mails from that account and SMTP settings in order to send e-mails from that account.

Practically, what I search is a way to retrieve the server parameters needed in order to send and receive emails, that is, I search the same function that some e-mail client normally do when you create a new account.

Thanks in advance.

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LOL, that is kind a funny. So you ask: please give me a universal tool that allows me to use any account anywhere not owned by me so that I am able to missuse it however I like. That certainly should be not a problem for you, right? – arkascha
You misunderstood my question. What I search is not a way to illegally use any e-mail account, but a way to retrieve the server parameters needed in order to send emails. Practically, I search the same function that some e-mail client normally do when you create a new account... – Gianluca
Don't you think this shows that you should ahve added these details to the question? I suggest you edit the question now and do so. – arkascha

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The auto-configuration mechanism of Mozilla Thunderbird is described on the following page:

It uses either a_central database_ (known as ISPDB) or site-local configuration information accessible via special URLs. For example the correct IMAP settings for email addresses with the domain web.de can be found under the following URL:

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Thunderbird does this as well as anyone and its source is available, so just download the source or look at it on the web.