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Emily
Emily

Reputation: 531

How to connect to a shared mailbox?

I am able to connect to my mailbox perfectly fine using the following code 

  Store store = session.getStore("imap");
  store.connect(host, user, password);

But whenever I try to connect to a shared mailbox, it throws a javax.mail.AuthenticationFailedException: AUTHENTICATE failed error 

 store.connect(host, "domainxxx.com" + "\\" + user + "\\" + "shared_mailbox_alias", password);

I read an article that domain\user\alias format is only supported for the 2010 version of exchange. How else can i connect ?

I use this shared mailbox in my outlook everyday, and it works fine, so I know its running well.

Upvotes: 0

Views: 1843

Answers (1)

Bill Shannon
Bill Shannon

Reputation: 29971

On the JavaMail wiki we have this note about Exchange:

To access a shared mailbox in Exchange, you need to login using the "alias" name and password for the shared mailbox, which you can get from your Exchange server administrator. This article has more information.

Note that Outlook uses a Microsoft-proprietary protocol, which works differently than IMAP. Not all features of Exchange are accessible through IMAP.

Upvotes: 1

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