Allow users to generate QR codes to simplify the login process.

Feature Proposal
#1

Used for private servers that do not open account registration. QR codes can be generated by server administrators and assigned to designated individuals.
Summarize and convert the following parameters into a URI in a specified format, and then convert the URI into a QR code for Delta Chat to scan:
Email address;
password;
SMTP server (address; login name; password; port; security type);
IMAP server (address; login name; port; security type);
And others.

URI example:
dclogin://password:name@example.com?smtpserver=loginname:password@smtp.example.com:1234&imapserver=loginname:password@imap.example.com:5678&smtpsecurity=ssltls&imapsecurity=ssltls&authmethod=auto&certchecks=auto

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#2

hi @974F7BB1D254 - welcome aboard :slight_smile:

yip, letting users login via a qr-code would be a nice thing to have, esp. as the ui for that is mostly there on all platforms.

we thought about that a bit at are .mobileconfig files worth being supported? · Issue #1233 · deltachat/deltachat-core-rust · GitHub - there seems to be a sort of standard, however that is not that self-contained as your suggestion.

#3

During the small-scale test that lasted for about 2 months, it was found that most people in the test sample expressed varying degrees of dissatisfaction with manually filling in the login parameters.
Since the test sample population uses a private server built by me, the server settings in the login parameters are necessary. This is very poorly friendly for some middle-aged and elderly people: there is too much content to enter, cumbersome, and error-prone. The scan contains the above QR code login of parameters can effectively solve this problem.