17-09-2021

Evolution Mail Client

Overview

Since Exchange Online doesn't support IMAP, UITS recommends the Evolution client for Linux users.

The Evolution Mail client supports Office 365 through the evolution-ews plugin, starting in evolution-ews v3.27.91 and above. The plugin provides Exchange Web Services and modern authentication support, required to access Office 365 mail with Duo MFA. Open Evolution Email, if you open it the first time you will see a window like that: Click on the Forward button. If you have a backup of Evolution Email you can restore your Evolution Email from the backup if you want to. Evolution is an application for managing email, calendars, contacts, tasks, and notes. It is the default mail client for GNOME and includes support for IMAP, Microsoft Exchange Server, Novell GroupWise, Kolab, LDAP, WebDAV, CalDAV, and many other services and protocols. Oct 31, 2014 Well, Evolution is the classic mail client that caters to the classic user, especially if they happen to be using the Gnome desktop interface, and it is designed to be as close as possible to Outlook, to help lure potential business customers. To configure the Evolution client to access the Office 365 environment, follow the steps below. Note that these instructions use Evolution 3.6.2 and the evolution-ews plugin version 3.6. If you have not already done so, install the evolution-ews package using your favorite package manager. This document assumes evolution-ews version 3.6.

For calendaring to work correctly on Linux in parts of Indiana that use Eastern Time, make sure to set the time zone to Eastern Time (US & Canada). Do not use Indiana (East).

Instructions

To set up your Exchange Online account with the Evolution email client on Linux:

  1. Open Terminal, and run the following command:

    Do this even if you already have Evolution installed; this command adds the EWS component you need to connect to Exchange Online.
  2. When prompted, enter your Linux administrator credentials (not your IU username and passphrase).
  3. Once apt-get has completed, Evolution will appear in your list of applications. Open Evolution. A 'Welcome' dialog should appear. Click Next until you get to the 'Identity' tab.
  4. On the 'Identity' tab, enter your name and your IU username followed by @iu.edu (do this no matter what your primary email address is). Click Next.
  5. Evolution will attempt to look up your account details for several seconds. You can also click Skip Lookup.
  6. On the Receiving Email tab, from the 'Server Type' drop-down, choose Exchange Web Services. Click Fetch URL.
    If this step fails, manually enter this host URL: https://outlook.office365.com/EWS/Exchange.asmx.
  7. If prompted, enter your IU passphrase. Once authenticated, the Receiving Email tab will have the Exchange Online URS. Click Next.
    If you are not prompted to authenticate with Duo, and you see an error that says 'We're sorry, access is not allowed because you are not enrolled. Please contact your organization's IT help desk for assistance', you'll need to enroll a device in Duo before you can proceed. For more, see Get started with Two-Step Login (Duo) at IU.
  8. Select your preferences in the dialog boxes.
  9. In the final dialog box, click Apply. You will then see the main Evolution interface. You may need to click the Inbox to start populating from your Exchange account.
Evolution will store a local copy of all your email; it is not possible to have only a few days or a few months of email stored. For this reason, Evolution may appear busy for a few minutes to a few hours.

More information about Real Time's products & services is available on our sales web site. Direct links for each item are listed below:

Official Website:
http://projects.gnome.org/evolution/

Download:
http://projects.gnome.org/evolution/download.shtml

Note: When installing Evolution under Linux, it's highly recommended to use one of the built in methods for your distribution such as apt, yum, synaptic, et al.

Environment

Evolution Mail Client

When you first launch Evolution, you will see the Welcome screen. Click on Forward.

Evolution Mail Client - Setup Assistant

The next screen will ask about a Restore from backup, since this is a new setup we do not have one. Click on Forward.

Evolution Mail Client - Identity

The next step is to fill in your first and last name in the Full Name: field, and your email address in the Email Address: field. Then click on Forward.

Evolution Mail Client - Receiving Email

The next step is to provide information on the incoming or receiving email server. Fill in the following information:

  1. In the Server Type: dropbox, select POP
  2. For the Server: text box, enter: zimbra.real-time.com
  3. In the Username: text box, enter your full email address
  4. Next to Use Secure Connection:, select SSL encryption
  5. Under Authentication Type, select Password in the dropbox
  6. Place a check next to Remember password
  7. Click on Forward

Evolution Mail Client - Receiving Options

In the Receiving Options window, select the preferences you would like to enable then click on Forward.

Evolution Mail Client - Sending Email

The next step is to provide information on the incoming or receiving email server. Fill in the following information:

  1. In the Server Type: dropbox, select: SMTP
  2. In the Server: text box, enter: zimbra.real-time.com
  3. Place a check in front of Server requires authentication
  4. In Use Secure Connection: dropbox, select: SSL encryption
  5. Under section labeled Authentication, for the Type: dropbox select PLAIN
  6. In the Username: field, enter your full email address
  7. Place a check next to Remember password
  8. Click on Forward

Evolution Mail Client - Account Management

For the Account Management window, it will default to your email address - which is fine. Click on Forward.

Evolution Mail Client

Evolution Mail Client - Done

Click on Apply to save your settings.

Evolution - Mail Client

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The setup of Evolution is now complete.

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