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Preferably natively (Exchange mode), so that my calendar, etc, all sync up properly. It was working fine under our old version of Exchange (2007?), but broke with the upgrade to Exchange 2010. Done the usual remove the account, re-add, etc. Prefer not to drop down to IMAP mode for mail only.

Brian Knoblauch
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Heres some more information that might be helpful,

Connecting Evolution Mail Client to Exchange 2010

Pete

PeteLong
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Yes, it should work. You can install it by the following command:

sudo apt-get install evolution-ews

or less recommended way:

sudo apt-get install evolution-mapi

And then execute evolution.

kenorb
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As far as I know (and I am battling with the very same issue), this doesn't work. After configuring the connector, and entering the password, a message pops up saying that the server runs version 5.5 of MS Exchange and the connector is not compatible. You don't get any further errors, and you can download the list of folders, but you can't open any of them. This is the state of play as I experience with Evolution 2.22.

wolfgangsz
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I am having a similar issue.

I have two computers at home and installed on both of them Ubuntu 10.04. But in one (laptop) I just upgraded through the Update Manager from 9.10, while on the other (desktop) I did a full reinstall with a CD (and forgot to backup the Evolution data).

Well, the results have been different on both, regarding Evolution. In the laptop, I can still see and download emails from my job's Exchange Server. While on the desktop, Evolution seems to connect and see the server, but nothing is downloaded. I even removed the account a couple of times, to see if I had mis-configured it.

My next step is to backup the Evolution data and setup from the laptop and copy it to the desktop. I will let you know the outcome.

Hopefully, this piece of information might help you.

Update (5/26/2010)

Just tried it and worked! I backed up my Exchange account from my laptop, and restored it into my desktop Evolution program. Then I pressed "Send/Receive" and new emails where downloaded.

lamcro
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DavMail Gateway 4.5.0 worked smoothly with Evolution 3.4.4 for accessing mail, calendar, and corporate directory on Exchange 2010 SP1 from Debian Wheezy.

It is fairly quick and easy to setup:

  1. Download the Debian package from the developers on the DavMail website, for example v4.5.0:

    wget http://superb-dca3.dl.sourceforge.net/project/davmail/davmail/4.5.0/davmail_4.5.0-2292-1_all.deb

  2. Install the package

    sudo dpkg -i davmail_4.5.0-2292-1_all.deb

  3. Obtain URL of Exchange server (skip if you know it)

    The EWS plugin for Evolution can help discover the URL:

    sudo apt-get install evolution-ews

    Start the 'Add a new account' wizard in Evolution. Fill in name and your Exchange email, choose 'Exchange Web Services' for server type, fill in your username and hit Fetch URL. Cancel the wizard.

  4. Create ~/.davmail.properties

    davmail.server=true
davmail.enableEws=auto

# Paste the Exchange server URL discovered in previous step
davmail.url=https://subdomain.corporatedomain.com/EWS/Exchange.asmx

# Choose ports above 1024 to be able to run as regular user
davmail.imapPort=1993
davmail.smtpPort=1465
davmail.ldapPort=1636
davmail.popPort=1995
davmail.caldavPort=8443

  5. Launch davmail in a terminal to see the output in case something goes wrong. For a permanent setup, see here for an init script.

  6. In Evolution add an IMAP+ mail account

    Server: localhost
Port: 1993
Security: No encryption
Auth Type: Password

    (It is safe to be unencrypted, this is a localhost connection between client and davmail only).

  7. Add an address book:

    General tab:
 Type: On LDAP Servers
 Server: localhost
 Port: 1636
 Security: No encryption
 Login method: Using distinguished name (DN)
 Login: <your.corporate.windows.domain>\<username>

Details tab:
 Search base: ou=people
 Search scope: Sub

  8. Add a calendar:

    Type: CalDAV
URL: caldav://localhost:8443
Username: <your.corporate.windows.domain>\<username>
User email: <your exchage email>
Browse server for a Calendar -- you should find you calendar there

References:

alexei
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When my Company mail server upgraded from Microsoft Windows Exchange Server 2003 to Microsoft Windows Exchange Server 2007 my Evolution mail client stopped receiving mail (in Ubuntu).

I got the network administrator to allow access to the server via IMAP. Evolution had no problem connecting via IMAP.

Tom
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you also need to add python-samba in Ubuntu 13.04

sudo apt-get install python-samba

Obviously, for those using debian based apt-get. Given that Kenorb's answer was accepted by Brian one is led to assume that apt is the package manager.

Philippe
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Evolution Preferences

Note: In Account editor change the option Encryption Method "Security", select the option "SSL on dedicated port".

RckLN
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