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

"John Levine" <johnl@taugh.com> Tue, 09 February 2016 01:12 UTC

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>Within the enterprise -- especially the larger ones -- you are entirely 
>correct that device management systems provide a good solution for most 
>of the employees.

There are plenty of people using mail systems on networks not under
the same management as the mail server.  I'd think that most
smartphone users would be in that situation.

R's,
John