By default Mozilla Thunderbird uses a remote kinto backend to store client settings in json format. I have managed to build and run a kinto server on my localhost in order to understand what this backend does.
So far I’m still clueless about the exact purpose of using a remote storage to save client-related settings in a database such as redis or postgresql. Interestingly, kinto is a fairly advanced http api and json-based backend in front of redis and also includes a optional (node.js) admin interface.
Note that changing the value of “services.settings.server” to “http://localhost:8888/v1”, seem to work without problems and is helpful. Lastly more info about kinto can be found here: API — Kinto 15.1 documentation
Any thoughts or comments on this interesting mozilla feature would be appreciated.
Regards,
smart