Mac Mail & Calendar 11.5 (Mac OS High Sierra) KIT Mailbox
Mail (Exchange account)
Add another account in Mac Mail:
"Mail - Add Account... - "
- When you first start Mac Mail, you will be greeted by a wizard to set up your account, which you should follow.
- Select provider for mail account: Exchange
- If you receive the message "Sign in to your Exchange account using Microsoft", select :
- "Configure Manually"
- "Configure Manually"
- Enter the following data:
- Name: Last Name, First Name (OU)
- Email address: Firstname.Lastname∂kit edu as employee.
(Students: uxxxx∂student kit edu; guests and partners: ab1234∂partner kit edu). - Password: Your corresponding password
- Login
- Select desired apps:
- Contacts
- Calendar
- Reminders
- Notes
- Ready
The Mac Mail configuration is successfully completed.
Calendar (CALDAV)
Own mailbox
To access the calendars in your own mailbox, it is recommended to use an Exchange account see above, instead of a CALDAV account.
- Calendar - Add account
- Select provider for calendar account
- Other CalDAV account
- Continue
- Enter the following data:
- Account type: advanced
- Username: Firstname.Lastname∂kit edu as employee.
(Students: uxxxx∂student kit edu; guests and partners: ab1234∂partner kit edu). - Password: your corresponding password
- Server address: caldav.scc.kit.edu
- Server path:
- /
- For older versions, you may need to enter the full server path
/principals/users/<sender email address>.
- port: 443
- Use SSL: yes
- Use Kerberos v5 for authentication: no
- Log in
Other mailbox
To access a calendar in another mailbox, you need at least read permissions (equivalent to "All Details" in Outlook/OWA) to it.
If the calendar is located below the default calendar, you also need at least read permissions to the default calendar.
Calendars outside the default calendar or with more than one sublevel are not shown.
- Calendar - Add account
- Select provider for calendar account
- Other CalDAV account
- Continue
- Enter the following data:
- Account type: advanced
- Username: Firstname.Lastname∂kit edu as employee.
(Students: uxxxx∂student kit edu; guests and partners: ab1234∂partner kit edu). - Password: your corresponding password
- Server address: caldav.scc.kit.edu
- Server path:
- /principals/users/<sender email address>.
E.g., /principals/users/function∂scckit edu
- /principals/users/<sender email address>.
- Port: 443
- Use SSL: yes
- Use Kerberos v5 for authentication: no
- Login
- Calendar - Settings - Accounts
- <account>
- Account information
- Description: name of the other mailbox, e.g., SCC-function
- Account information
- <account>
- all calendars in the other mailbox are displayed, which can be accessed