How to connect to UWaterloo's new email system via any mail client
By Raymond Li (Raymo111), July 1st, 2020 (Happy Canada Day!)
Last updated 12 Sept 2021
PixlOne for O365Interactive mode and headless Davmail
Credits toDavmail.
Step 1: Get- I'm on Arch Linux, so I installed it from the AUR.
Step 2: Launch and configure Davmail.
- Use O365Interactive for Protocol, and uncheck
Local POP port
,Caldav HTTP port
, andLocal LDAP port
. Keep everything else as the default, and hit save.
Step 3: Setup your mail client.
- I'm using Mailspring, which I believe is the best mail client I can get for free. [Not Sponsored]
- Use manual config (IMAP/SMTP) to setup the account.
- Use
<your WatIAM username>@uwaterloo.ca
as your username and your WatIAM password. - Use
localhost
as the server. - Use the ports set in Davmail (1143 for IMAP and 1025 for SMTP by default).
- Set any authentication to None.
- The first time you attempt to connect, you'll get a Davmail popup and the UWaterloo adfs page will open. Login with your credentials, and paste the link you reach at the end into the Davmail prompt.
Step 4: Run it as a headless service.
- Success! Your mail should now work. Davmail basically acts as an interpreter between the O365/Exchange network and IMAP/SMTP. As such, it must be constantly running to receive/send mail. Go ahead and exit Davmail. Copy the properties from your home directory to
/etc
with:
sudo cp ~/.davmail.properties /etc/davmail/<your-linux-username>.properties
and change O365Interactive
to O365Manual
in the config file:
sed -i 's/O365Interactive/O365Manual/g'
- Add a davmail user:
sudo useradd --system davmail
- Finally, start and enable the service with:
sudo systemctl enable --now davmail@<your-linux-username>
That's it! Note: Always test and verify via the webapp before relying on any setup!
thank you so much for this, i have been trying to find a way to make mailspring work. I am getting a syncing error towards the end of step 3.
I was wonderring if you know how to fix it?