#Davmail outlook settings test install
#Davmail outlook settings test archive
#Davmail outlook settings test windows

There's no taskbar for DavMail to icon-er-ify(?) to. By saying 'normal' I mean using the command I stated above. wmii and normal DavMail don't quite play nicely. As I've stated earlier, sh ~/davmail/davmail.sh & is enough to get you started with DavMail in XFCE.

#Davmail outlook settings test install

Just remember to install lightning using packages as there will be none available in Thunderbird's AddOn website for OpenBSD. I can send receive emails, do LDAP queries and even sync with the company's calendar using Thunderbird+Lightning+CalDav. I just follow the documentation and it's working ok. Even the official DavMail website have tutorial on setting up Thunderbird to work with DavMail.

There's numerous documentations / HOWTOs on this. Then I choose to set the proxy server with the 8080 port.

In XFCE, right clicking the DavMail icon and choosing settings, I just put my OWA address in the DavMail url. As wmii's status bar is not a task bar, DavMail will not have the icon. In basic, I can just use:Īnd the familiar DavMail icon will appear in XFCE's taskbar.

#Davmail outlook settings test archive

I created ~/davmail/ folder and extracted the archive inside it. From DavMail's website, I choose Workstation (personal) mode > Other DavMail release. Ok enough history class, now on to the good stuff.įor DavMail, it comes zipped with quite some files inside.

To make things a bit more complicated, my internet access is through a http proxy which I will name as at port 8080. Bit of details about my profile and the company's email (this won't be a real one, just to show you how I done it):Īs you can see, the Username for me to log in to the OWA is different than my email add. Basically, I just want to use Alpine / Thunderbird to access my company's exchange so I can receive and send emails. Company uses MS Exchange, bla bla, I don't want to use Outlook, bla bla, I don't want to use MS Windows, bla bla so here I am. Ok, my company uses MS Exchange for emails. Bear with me as it might get you bored to death as it will be a long one.

Click the Mail (Microsoft Outlook 2016) resultĪfter doing this, you should be able to highlight the account and click the Change button to see the settings window described in step 3 above.A bit of personal history.

Search the control panel app for the word mail.

#Davmail outlook settings test windows

Click the Windows Start menu, scroll down the apps to the “Windows System” folder, then click Control Panel to open the control panel app.Most cases, choosing “Server Settings” instead solves that, but if that option isn’t present either, you need to get to the settings screen a different way: In 2018, Microsoft made a change to the Outlook interface where (on some computers) clicking Change in step 2 shows a completely different window, with buttons marked “Reset Mail Settings” and “Next” instead of the server settings. What if I don’t see the settings window when I click “Change” in the older instructions, but there’s no “Server Settings” option either? If the “Test Account Settings” window is still open, click Close to continue.Ĭlick Finish to finish the “Change Account” wizard.Ĭlick Close to close the “Account Settings” window. If Outlook tells you a test failed, double-check to be sure you’ve entered the settings correctly.