![]() ![]() When DavMail is configured and running, you can move to your mail client. The default values for these variables are the values used in the documentation. Note: The environment variables PORT are not mandatories. Note the port numbers of the different services (for example IMAP on port 1143…): you’ll need them later to configure your mail client. OWA URL and Davmail ports can be passed as environment variables. Depending on how the server is configured, you may need to choose a particular protocol most of the time the default setting ( Auto) is ok. Type the address of the webmail (OWA) of your Exchange server. You can configure it choosing Settings… from the menu (right-click the icon to display it): When pine authenticates you, davmail will pop up 2-factor dialog boxes like the ones shown above in the Thunderbird configuration section. The program shows its icon in the systray, in the right-bottom corner of your screen, next to the clock. Once unzipped the archive in a new folder, run the program with a double clink on davmail.exe (you can also run the program in console mode or install it as a Windows service): DavMail is available on different platforms, I chose the Windows version, again the one that doesn’t require installation: Let’s see how to use it as mail client I chose Thunderbird, in its portable version (which doesn’t require installation) but as I said you can use the mail client you prefer.įirst download the latest version of DavMail. You only need to install on your PC an opensource software, DavMail GatewayĭavMail indeed acts as a “translator”: on a side it communicates with the Exchange server using the language ( protocol) normally spoken by Outlook (WebDav, EWS – Exchange Web Service s), while on the other side it offers the standard mail protocols: POP/IMAP (for incoming emails) and SMTP (for outgoing emails): ![]() ![]() Thanks to a suggestion by a colleague, I’ve just discovered a way to access your Exchange mailbox (including calendar and contacts) using any mail clients. If you have a mailbox hosted on a Microsoft Exchange server, you’re probably using Outlook (or its web variant) as mail client. ![]()
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