HOW TO: Connect to Office 365 on Linux
This document explains how to connect to the Office 365 service.
Important: Use of Linux/Evolution is not supported and therefore the Help Desk will not be able to provide any type of troubleshooting. Use these instructions as a general overview for connecting your Office 365 account.
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. Mileage may vary on other versions.
- Launch Evolution
- Add a new account by going to Edit | Preferences and choose Add from the Mail Accounts menu.
- Click Continue
- Enter your name as you'd like it to appear and "username@clemson.edu" or "first.lastname@clemson.edu" for Email Address, click Continue
- The account information screen will find incorrect information. Click Go Back
- On the resulting window, enter the following information for each field:
Server Type: Exchange Web Services
Username: username@clemson.edu
Host URL: https://outlook.office365.com/EWS/Exchange.asmx
Note: for further server/account details, see - Settings.
Click Fetch URL - You will be prompted for your password. Enter your Clemson password.
- Host URL and OAB URL should be successfully discovered. Click Continue
- Click Continue to accept Receiving Options
- Enter any name for the account, and click Continue
- Click Apply
- If prompted, enter your Clemson password once more.
- Setup is complete. Email and calendar data will take some time to sync.
Exchange/Active Sync Configuration Parameters
Account Settings
Email Address
username@clemson.edu
Password
Clemson password
User Name
username@clemson.edu
Domain
clemson.edu
Incoming Server
office365.com *
Security Type
TLS or STARTTLS or TLS (STARTTLS)
Outgoing Server
office365.com *
Service Account Settings
Email Address
username.clemson.edu
Password
Service Account password
User Name
username@clemson.edu
Domain
clemson.edu
Incoming Server
office365.com *
Security Type
TLS or STARTTLS or TLS (STARTTLS)
Outgoing Server
office365.com *
IMAP4/POP3/SMTP Configuration Parameters
* If setting up your account to use IMAP4/POP3/SMTP, use the following settings (Note: POP3 is not recommended):
|
Server Name |
Port |
Encryption Method |
IMAP4 |
office365.com |
993 |
SSL |
POP3 |
office365.com |
995 |
SSL |
SMTP |
office365.com |
587 |
TLS |