Looking to ditch windows at work....

[black3dynamite]

@irj said in Looking to ditch windows at work....:

So I installed Evolution, but do not see Exchange listed as an option....

In the Identity section, Look up mail server details based on the entered e-mail address should be checked.
And then after it done searching, under Server Type: Exchange Web Services should be one of the choices.

[TonyKnobel]

@irj It's an add-on to Evolution

[jmoore]

@tonyknobel This is a new fedora vm and I didn't have to add it. So maybe in older versions it was an add-on maybe?

[TonyKnobel]

@jmoore Could be. Mine started as 27, and I upgraded it to 28.

[IRJ]

Yeah it appears to be a separate install according to documentation:

Microsoft Exchange: Available only if you have installed the Connector for Microsoft* Exchange. It allows you to connect to a Microsoft Exchange 2000 or 2003 server, which stores e-mail, calendar, and contact information on the server. For configuration instructions, see Remote Configuration Options.

[Obsolesce]

On my Fedora box, I use Thunderbird and TbSync.

It works well.

[JaredBusch]

@irj said in Looking to ditch windows at work....:

Yeah it appears to be a separate install according to documentation:

Microsoft Exchange: Available only if you have installed the Connector for Microsoft* Exchange. It allows you to connect to a Microsoft Exchange 2000 or 2003 server, which stores e-mail, calendar, and contact information on the server. For configuration instructions, see Remote Configuration Options.

So I just added this because of this thread.
On Fedora 28 + Cinnamon

dnf install evolution evolution-ews

[JaredBusch]

Checking the Look up box here results in it selecting IMAP, but EWS is then available.

[IRJ]

@jaredbusch said in Looking to ditch windows at work....:

dnf install evolution evolution-ews

That worked for me as well! Thanks I spent a half hour trying to figure it out!

[JaredBusch]

Now to figure out the URL, because I do not have anything setup on our domain (we use O365)

[JaredBusch]

University of Wisconsin-Madison was the first hit on Google..
https://kb.wisc.edu/helpdesk/page.php?id=2

[JaredBusch]

Once you click Fetch URL, it auto populate the OAB and then you can click the Check supported types in the Authentication.

[JaredBusch]

Wow.. going to have to take some time to look at settings and stuff..

Do not like the expanded by default thread view.. I like thread view, just not expanded.. That is silly.

And the Defualt dark theme form Cinnamon makes this a little hard to read. IMO.

[Obsolesce]

Here's what you get in Thunderbird wiht TbSync (O365:

Thunderbird:

Thunderbird footer: (click to open TbSync Account Manager)

TbSync Account Manager:

Bad color scheme is because of Cinnamon.

[JaredBusch]

Dislike Thunderbird.

[Obsolesce]

@jaredbusch said in Looking to ditch windows at work....:

Dislike Thunderbird.

Looks better, but...

I like having tabs. If Evolution can do tabs, i'd use that instead.

Does that addon for Evolution also do contacts, calendars, and tasks?

[black3dynamite]

@obsolesce I can see my tasks, calendar items and contacts (including global address list).

[Obsolesce]

Can you show a screenshot of calendar and task view? If they are decent, maybe I'll give Evolution a go.

I just got used to tabs in web browsers and in Thunderbird... so not sure if I'll liek anything else.

[black3dynamite]

Calendar

Tasks

[stacksofplates]

@irj said in Looking to ditch windows at work....:

I dont see any option...

Sorry had an interview this afternoon so I've been away. I meant the GNOME online accounts not the evolution ones.