When DavMail is configured and running, you can move to your mail client. Note the port numbers of the different services (for example IMAP on port 1143…): you’ll need them later to configure your mail client. 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): 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:
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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. davmail rpm, Windows: Download installation package davmail-version-setup I have used DavMail before, which is a proxy/gateway that converts Exchange into IMAP/POP, SMTP, Caldav, Carddav, and LDAP The daily view has slots for all day or timed elements, and the weekly and monthly net The main goal of DavMail is to provide standard compliant. If you have a mailbox hosted on a Microsoft Exchange server, you’re probably using Outlook (or its web variant) as mail client.