DavMail GateWay Portable

Communication is widely done through the Internet, with plenty of methods at your disposal, such as social networks, instant messengers, or emails. This last category can also be used across a business, with proxy security settings that filter mails so no malicious content gets in, and you can do this with applications like DavMail GateWay Portable.

Just as the name clearly states, this is the edition of DavMail GateWay that doesn’t require installation, and can be easily used on other computers as well. However, you do need to make sure that Java Runtime Environment is functional, because it was built on this platform and is required to run.

The application stays in the tray are most of its time, but the general configuration panel shows up on launch. As such, you’re easily able to configure network setting to apply to other desktop email clients to access Microsoft Exchange servers, without being forced to rely on Outlook.

The first menu on the list refers to gateways and ports. The exchange protocol can be set to auto, or have the URL entered in the dedicated field. Depending on what type of connection you use, ports can be specified for local POP, IMAP, SMTP, HTTP, and LDAP.

Monitoring is done on your default connection settings. However, there’s the chance to enhance security by choosing to connect through a custom proxy server, by writing down necessary credentials. Security can also mean encryption, with two algorithms at your disposal, and fields to provide a password.

The application lets you stay updated with anything that’s passing through connection, and set up corresponding logging info. This can be set to affect the default state, DavMail, HTTP client, or wire, with options to warn, debug, info, error, and more.

Taking everything into consideration, we can say that DavMail GateWay Portable gives you the possibility to connect to Microsoft Exchange servers using any of your desired email service. However, it can be a bit tricky to configure, especially given the amount of network, encryption and advanced options you have to go through without documentation.