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Mar 21, 2011
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Why is Mail restrictive in what is doesn't auto-configure ?

During setup, I always must manually configure it, since auto-configuration (based on credentials fail)

Same with iOS, however web-based providers (eg Gmail) are ok..

However third party email clients (aka Thunderbird) auto-configure setting from local ISP just fine...

WHy does this happen ?

I assume all they do is query the ISP in question for the settings, even if they change in the future...
 
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