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Connect Purelymail CalDAV to Apple Calendar

Purelymail supports CalDAV at https://purelymail.com/webdav/. To connect Apple Calendar on macOS or iOS, add an Other CalDAV Account using your Purelymail email and password as credentials, with server hostname purelymail.com and the WebDAV path /webdav/. Apple Calendar then handles event sync.

For meeting invites and RSVP tracking on top of that CalDAV calendar, Purelymail Calendar is the unofficial open-source web companion app you can sign in to with the same mailbox.

The connection.

Apple Calendar
macOS or iOS native app.
→
HTTPS (443)
CalDAV verbs: PROPFIND, REPORT, GET, PUT, DELETE.
→
Purelymail
purelymail.com/webdav/ stores VEVENTs.

Apple Calendar speaks CalDAV directly. There is no middleware between the device and Purelymail.

Apple Calendar settings.

Setting Value
Account type Other CalDAV Account / Manual.
Username Your full Purelymail email (for example you@yourdomain.com).
Password Your Purelymail password (or an app-specific password if you use 2FA).
Server address purelymail.com
Server path /webdav/
Port 443 (SSL on)
Description Anything you like (for example Purelymail).

Step by step on macOS.

  1. Open Calendar, then choose Calendar » Settings » Accounts.
  2. Click +, pick Other CalDAV Account, click Continue.
  3. Account Type: Manual.
  4. Username: your full Purelymail email. Password: your Purelymail password.
  5. Server Address: purelymail.com/webdav/.
  6. Click Sign In. Apple Calendar discovers your calendar collections via PROPFIND and shows them in the sidebar.

Step by step on iOS.

  1. Open Settings » Calendar » Accounts » Add Account » Other.
  2. Tap Add CalDAV Account.
  3. Server: purelymail.com.
  4. User Name: your full Purelymail email. Password: your Purelymail password.
  5. Description: Purelymail. Tap Next.
  6. iOS validates the account and adds the calendars to the native Calendar app.

Common gotchas.

"The account could not be found"

Apple Calendar tries auto-discovery from the bare hostname first. If that fails, set Account Type to Manual and provide both the hostname (purelymail.com) and the path (/webdav/) explicitly. Per Purelymail's CalDAV docs, the WebDAV root is required.

"Authentication failed" with the right password

Two-factor authentication on Purelymail blocks plain-password CalDAV logins. Generate an app-specific password from the Purelymail account settings and use that instead.

Multiple Purelymail accounts

Each Purelymail account has its own WebDAV directory under /webdav/. Apple Calendar discovers the right one from the authenticated user, so you do not have to specify an account ID manually.

Apple Calendar handles sync. What is still missing.

Once connected, Apple Calendar reads and writes events directly to Purelymail's CalDAV. What it does not do for Purelymail mailboxes is send standards-compliant iTIP meeting invites in the way Gmail or Outlook expect, or pull inbound invites from your Purelymail inbox into the calendar.

That gap is what Purelymail Calendar fills. The two work together: Apple Calendar for native device sync, Purelymail Calendar for scheduling and inbox-to-calendar sync.

Where to go next.

Sign in to Purelymail Calendar  →