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

**URL:** <https://forum.delta.chat/t/allow-users-to-generate-qr-codes-to-simplify-the-login-process/1406>\
**Category:** Feature Proposal\
**Created:** [January 29, 2021, 3:43am UTC](https://forum.delta.chat/t/allow-users-to-generate-qr-codes-to-simplify-the-login-process/1406 "2021-01-29T03:43:17Z")\
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**Author:** ![974F7BB1D254](https://forum.delta.chat/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/9/73ab20/32.png) [@974F7BB1D254](https://forum.delta.chat/u/974F7BB1D254)\
**Post date:** [January 29, 2021, 3:43am UTC](https://forum.delta.chat/t/allow-users-to-generate-qr-codes-to-simplify-the-login-process/1406/1 "2021-01-29T03:43:17Z")

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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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**Author:** ![r10s](https://forum.delta.chat/user_avatar/forum.delta.chat/r10s/32/1513_2.png) [@r10s](https://forum.delta.chat/u/r10s)\
**Post date:** [January 29, 2021, 5:00pm UTC](https://forum.delta.chat/t/allow-users-to-generate-qr-codes-to-simplify-the-login-process/1406/2 "2021-01-29T17:00:55Z")

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hi @974F7BB1D254 - welcome aboard 🙂

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](https://github.com/deltachat/deltachat-core-rust/issues/1233) - there seems to be a sort of standard, however that is not that self-contained as your suggestion.

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**Author:** ![974F7BB1D254](https://forum.delta.chat/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/9/73ab20/32.png) [@974F7BB1D254](https://forum.delta.chat/u/974F7BB1D254)\
**Post date:** [March 29, 2021, 9:51pm UTC](https://forum.delta.chat/t/allow-users-to-generate-qr-codes-to-simplify-the-login-process/1406/3 "2021-03-29T21:51:58Z")

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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.

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**Author:** ![r10s](https://forum.delta.chat/user_avatar/forum.delta.chat/r10s/32/1513_2.png) [@r10s](https://forum.delta.chat/u/r10s)\
**Post date:** [October 6, 2026, 3:02pm UTC](https://forum.delta.chat/t/allow-users-to-generate-qr-codes-to-simplify-the-login-process/1406/4 "2026-10-06T15:02:49Z")

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