How To Install davmail on Kali Linux

In this tutorial we learn how to install davmail on Kali Linux. davmail is POP/IMAP/SMTP/CalDav/LDAP to Microsoft Exchange gateway

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install davmail on Kali Linux.

What is `davmail`

davmail is:

Ever wanted to get rid of Outlook ? DavMail is
a POP/IMAP/SMTP/Caldav/Carddav/LDAP exchange gateway allowing users to use any
mail/calendar client (e.g. Thunderbird with Lightning or Apple iCal) with an
Exchange server, even from the internet or behind a firewall through Outlook
Web Access. DavMail now includes an LDAP gateway to Exchange global address
book and user personal contacts to allow recipient address completion in mail
compose window and full calendar support with attendees free/busy display.

The main goal of DavMail is to provide standard compliant protocols in front
of proprietary Exchange. This means LDAP for global address book, SMTP to send
messages, IMAP to browse messages on the server in any folder, POP to retrieve
inbox messages only, Caldav for calendar support and Carddav for personal
contacts sync. Thus any standard compliant client can be used with Microsoft
Exchange.

DavMail gateway is implemented in java and should run on any platform.
Releases are tested on Windows, Linux (Ubuntu) and Mac OSX. Tested
successfully with the Iphone (gateway running on a server).

There are three methods to install davmail on Kali Linux. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.

Install davmail Using apt-get

Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.

sudo apt-get update

After updating apt database, We can install davmail using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install davmail

Install davmail Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install davmail using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install davmail

Install davmail Using aptitude

If you want to follow this method, you might need to install aptitude on Kali Linux first since aptitude is usually not installed by default on Kali Linux. Update apt database with aptitude using the following command.

sudo aptitude update

After updating apt database, We can install davmail using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install davmail

How To Uninstall davmail on Kali Linux

To uninstall only the davmail package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove davmail

Uninstall davmail And Its Dependencies

To uninstall davmail and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Kali Linux, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove davmail

Remove davmail Configurations and Data

To remove davmail configuration and data from Kali Linux we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge davmail

Remove davmail configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove davmail configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge davmail

Dependencies

davmail have the following dependencies:

References

davmail website

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install davmail package on Kali Linux using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.