How to Connect to Fastmail Remote Files?

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:wave: everyone,

For some reason, I don’t understand how to connect to Fastmail remote files via WebDav via Dolphin (23.08.5). I tried to follow this Remote file access – Fastmail but no luck at all.

And when I try to use the add Network Folder Wizard (as shown below)), I don’t know what to enter in for port or folder.

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Thank you.

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Name: username@fastmail
Server: webdav.fastmail.com/
Port: 80?
Folder: ???

This what I can figure out.

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Webdav are extensions to http, so they use port 80 and 443. As it’s Fastmail it’s most likely 443, you may need to create a separate app password for WebDav (been a while since I used Fastmail so can’t remember exactly, but I know you needed a separate app password for phones and email clients). So the details for the wizard should be something like

Name: Fastmail WebDav (or whatever you want to name it)
Server: https://webdav.fastmail.com
Port: 443 (since the address is https).
Folder: Leave blank, it should automatically take you to your files when you login.

Username & Password: You will need to generate an app password in Fastmail that allows Files access. Which is no different than generating an app password for 3rd party clients, et cetera.

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The folder needs to be filled in though, it doesn’t allow me to move on.

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Have you tried this for Folder. Specifically…

Your {My Files} directory will be located in /username.your.domain/files/. Alternatively, use the hostname https://myfiles.fastmail.com/ to be rooted in your {My Files} directory.

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Doesn’t work at all. this is where I get lost.

I’m one of the “149 out of 194 found this helpful’”.

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Tired other solutions, I think it doesn’t work. I will see what Fastmail says.

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Today, I tired again and dug deeper into research where I found the answer to this problem from post in 2007: EmailDiscussions.com - View Single Post - Accessing file storage with webdav via Konqueror

In short:
The name can be anything you want
Server is myfiles.fastmail.com
Port: don’t change, but check Use encryption
Folder: / forward slash

The folder name seems to be the important factor here as it took me to the log in screen where you enter username@domain.tld and your app password.

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P.S. I requested Fastmail to include the folder information in their docs as it’s not clear to some users.