LinuxFocus article number 290 http://linuxfocus.org

by Christian Van Caillie <cvc(at)writeme.com> About the author: Christian is unix administrator in a private banking institution.

A short Ximian Evolution installation guide Abstract: This article is a little installation guide for the Ximian Evolution. This software is able to read and send mail from a Linux workstation via MS Exchange server 5 (NOT for 5.5). In this article, I'll give you some info about my personal experience and my own configuration. _________________ _________________ _________________

Step by step

• www.ximian.com/products/evolution/download.html
  follow the procedure :
  -Install Red Carpet
  - Select only Red Carpet + your distribution (in my case : Mandrake)
  - download Red Carpet package
  - rpm -Uvh red_carpet-1....rpm
  
  
• Launch Red Carpet
  - If you must modify the firewall configuration, do it, else click on OK
  - on the left of the window, click on <unsubscribed channels>. On the right pane, click on <Ximian Evolution> and click on the subscribe button.
  - select necessary packages and click on <update packages>
  - click on <next>
  
  If you have some trouble with the download, cancel the current one and restart from the <selection package> window.
  
  Once installed, it is possible to unsubscribe Red Carpet for Ximian Evolution. In other words Red Carpet will then not check for updates.
• Evolution Configuration
  - add the hostname and the IP adress of your Exchange server
  - start Ximian Evolution
  - In the identity window, fill up your personal info and click on <next>
  example: Full Name : Monsieur Toto
  E-Mail adress : Toto@truc.com
  
  - Receiving mail window :
  Sever type : IMAP
  Host : <hostname of your Exchange Server>
  click on <server requires authentication>
  in <autentication type> select <login>
  in <username> enter your windows domain username!!! and click on <next>
  
  - time zone window : select your country, click on <next> and on <finish>
  

• For my part, I can't read my contacts and my appointments created with Outlook
• If you use delete to delete contacts or mail, they will be deleted on the server. There is no way to restore them.
• This configuration works for me. If you've some kinds of problems, go directly to www.ximian.com. They have a FAQ sheet that can help.

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