I'm glad to hear it helped. As more and more institutions/companies are using SAML, I like Mailplane to support SAML authentication. However, the current 2.0/2.1 authentication logic isn't ready for it - this is why the "workaround" has been created. On Tue, Sep 22, 2009 at 5:58 PM, Luke <[email protected]> wrote:
> > Ruben, > > Thank you, using your advice made it work! I'm so happy, I was worried > I'd have to start using mail.app for my university mail. Thank you > again! > > Best, > Luke > > On Sep 22, 2:00 pm, Ruben Bakker <[email protected]> wrote: > > Yes, Google Apps accounts are fully supported. There is one exception > > though: If you university has a custom authentication scheme, then > Mailplane > > can't ask Google to verify the user name and password. > > However, there is a workaround you may want to try: > > > > You need the 2.1-beta for this work: > http://mailplaneapp.com/download/beta > > Limitation: There is no automatic sign-in for the accounts listed in > > SAMLAccounts. > > > > Open Terminal and enter this one line and press ENTER > > defaults write com.mailplaneapp.Mailplane SAMLAccounts " > > [email protected]" > > If you have more than account to set, separate them with a comma: > > defaults write com.mailplaneapp.Mailplane SAMLAccounts "[email protected], > > [email protected]" > > > > Hope this helps. > > > > 2009/9/22 Kinny Cheng <[email protected]> > > > > > > > > > > > > > If it's a Google Apps account, then it should work in just the same way > - > > > as I'm using two other personal domains with the Gmail service. > > > > > Correct me if I'm wrong here, anyone :) > > > ------Original Message------ > > > From: Luke > > > Sender: [email protected] > > > To: mailplaneapp > > > ReplyTo: [email protected] > > > Subject: [mailplaneapp] mailplane and Gmail for Education > > > Sent: 22 Sep 2009 13:09 > > > > > Any suggestions as to how mailplane can work with my university's > > > gmail-based email account? I assume the problem is that the actual > > > mail server is hosted by google (http://mail.google.com/a/st- > > > andrews.ac.uk/), but my address is *[email protected] > > > > > Any workarounds for this? > > > > > Thanks! > > > > > Best, > > > Luke > > > > Ruben Bakker // uncomplex gmbh // Switzerland // mailplaneapp.com // > > twitter <http://www.twitter.com/Mailplane> > > > Ruben Bakker // uncomplex gmbh // Switzerland // mailplaneapp.com // twitter <http://www.twitter.com/Mailplane> --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "mailplaneapp" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/mailplaneapp?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
