Re: [apps-discuss] Mail client configuration via WebFinger

Claudio Allocchio <Claudio.Allocchio@garr.it> Tue, 09 February 2016 12:49 UTC

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On Tue, 9 Feb 2016, Eric Burger wrote:

> For that matter, one can argue that without security configuration, the 
> market has passed us by. My current experience is with MacOS. If you use 
> Gmail, iCloud mail, Yahoo! mail, AOL, or Exchange, your mail 
> configuration magically happens. If you are using a raw IMAP or POP3 
> server, more especially if you are using a real submit server at a 
> different address, too bad for you. However, I’ll bet 99.995% of typical 
> users are using one of the big providers and would ask “why is the IETF 
> working on how to configure Gmail? It just works already. The IETF is 
> solving yesterday’s problems.” If we say, “because you get security,” 
> 99;995% of people would say, “the IETF is great!”

+1 !

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