"https" also starts with "http" :) You can also call "s.startswith" for each of the items in the list and put the result in a list as well. any(...) checks if any if its arguments is True.

maps("http".startswith, ["http", "ftp"])  // [True, False]
Removed the services directory with its .py files and replaced it by a configuration file "services.ini"

I could remove a lot of bad code this way because reading from a config file is just the tool for the task.
Two small mistakes and removed some unnecessary code.
Merge branch 'use-config-file' of https://github.com/JonasGroeger/accounts into use_config_file
[fixes #3]: Merge branch 'syntax-improvement' of https://github.com/JonasGroeger/accounts into syntax-improvement
Merge branch 'syntax-improvement'
[fixes #4]: Merge branch 'use_config_file'