Is DavMail secure?

Security. How do I secure DavMail connections? Communication between DavMail and your Exchange server is secured by default as long as you access OWA over HTTPS. Communication between the messaging client and DavMail is not secured by default.

How do I use DavMail in Thunderbird?

Open Thunderbird address book and choose File/New/LDAP Directory: Choose a name, host is DavMail host (usually localhost), LDAP base context ou=people, adjust port to your settings and set user to your Exchange account name, either your email address or Active Directory account name, i.e. domain\account.

How do I secure communication between davmail and other clients?

The simplest way to secure communication between mail/calendar clients and DavMail is to create a self signed certificate: Note to iPhone users: iOS does not support the default DSA algorithm, make sure you use an RSA key pair Another note : do not use blank passwords, both keystore and key passwords must be set

Do I need to register my client certificate in davmail?

However, with Exchange servers setup to require mutual authentication, you will have to register your client certificate in DavMail settings, either through PKCS11 (smartcard) or file certificate. To use a client certificate provided as a PKCS12 file, set the following keys in DavMail:

Do I need to enable encryption on my davmail server?

However, in server (shared) mode e.g. with a smartphone connecting to DavMail over the internet, you should make sure encryption is enabled. The simplest way to secure communication between mail/calendar clients and DavMail is to create a self signed certificate:

Can I use davmail with Thunderbird?

Note: as communication between Thunderbird and DavMail is local, cleartext mode is not an issue, except on shared machines (e.g. Terminal server). Proceed to Thunderbird calendar setup