Exchange - Configuring Alpine/Pine

Overview

Texas A&M Exchange Email is an email service provided by the Texas A&M Technology Services department. It can be accessed online at https://outlook.office.com/ as well as by desktop and mobile email clients. For Linux and other *nix operating systems, the Alpine or Pine email programs can be used to access the Texas A&M Exchange Email servers.

These instructions assume that you have installed Alpine/Pine according to your operating system's usual method, either by using a package manager or by compiling from source. These instructions were verified to work with Alpine 2.25.

Instructions

Line numbers are for a new .pinerc file and may differ slightly if you have previously made modifications to it.

1. Open the file .pinerc using your preferred editor (vi, vim, pico, nano, etc.).
2. Enter the following information in your .pinerc file. Each instance of NetID@tamu.edu should be replaced with your NetID@tamu.edu address. Because the .pinerc file is a large file, line reference numbers are given in brackets at the end of each line. The line numbers should not be entered into the file.
   1. personal-name=YOUR NAME [Line 16 - Note: Entering your first and last name on this line is required for PC-Alpine, bu tmay be omitted in other installations, as the value will be filled automatically.]
   2. user-domain=tamu.edu [Line 19]
   3. smtp-server=smtp.office365.com:587/tls/novalidate-cert/user=NetID@tamu.edu [Line 22]
   4. inbox-path={outlook.office365.com/tls/novalidate-cert/user=NetID@tamu.edu}INBOX [Line 29]
   5. feature-list=enable-dot-folders, enable-incoming-folders [Line 72]
   6. folder-collections={outlook.office365.com }INBOX.[], Exchange {outlook.office365.com/user=NetID@tamu.edu/tls/novalidate-cert}[] [Line 377]
   7. disable-these-authenticators=PLAIN [Line 490]
3. Save your .pinerc file.
4. Run Alpine. If you have entered the configuration information correctly, you should be given an SSL/TLS certificate warning for login.microsoftonline.com.
5. Enter Y to continue. You will be presented with a screen asking you to enter a code on the webpage https://microsoft.com/devicelogin.
6. Open a web browser and go to https://microsoft.com/devicelogin.
7. Enter the code displayed in Alpine.
8. Click Next.
9. Click on Work or school account. You should be taken to a Modern Authentication screen with the TAMU Logo at the top.
10. Enter your NetID password.
11. Authenticate using Duo.
12. Click Continue to verify that you are logging into Alpine. You will receive a screen stating that you are logged into Alpine.
13. Open your Inbox in Alpine.