On 2/7/2017 3:26 AM, Gren Elliot wrote:
Just to add my voice to the call for easier configuration where we don’t force users to configure countless different things. Trying to setup a new device for use with open protocols is a complete nightmare - you end up needing to configure 2 things for mail (IMAP and SMTP)
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It would be nice to see config dialogs where user’s are asked for minimal information (user name, perhaps server name) and then the device discovers what is available there (Mail/Contacts/Calendar/…) and offers the user a way to select them and
This issue is for user interface design, not underlying protocol design. Hence while it is extremely important in terms of usability, it is outside the scope of the IETF.
Having these functions embedded into a single protocol implicitly requires that these different functions share the same configuration data. While such sharing might be common practice, requiring the sharing limits operational choices.
d/ -- Dave Crocker Brandenburg InternetWorking bbiw.net