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Jul 26, 2017 For any Linux user looking for a business-capable email client (one that can easily connect to both your Google Mail account and Office 365), you will not find a more apt client than Evolution.

Purpose: Instructions how to install and setup the Evolution email client on Linux workstation to work with Office 365/Exchange Online Requirements.
Aug 06, 2019 These instructions assume that you have already installed Evolution Mail and the corresponding 'evolution-ews' package for your Linux distribution. The screenshots are from Red Hat Enterprise 7.6, Evolution version 3.28.5 so, depending on your version of Linux, what you see may differ from what is presented. Step 4 has all the 'magic values' in it.

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This HOWTO will take you through a quick & basic PGP Key creation, submissionto key servers, and setup in Evolution.

Table of Contents: Sardu pro.

Key Generation, chose one:

Key Generation, Graphic User Interface (GUI)

First, you'll need to make sureyou have (or install) the following packages:

seahorse

Then proceed with the following:

Launch a Seahorse by hitting Alt & F2 then type seahorse
Click on Key -> Create New Key.. (Or, hit Ctrl+N)
Select PGP Key and click on Continue
Enter in the following information:
Your First and Last Name inthe FullName: field
Your Email Address in the Email Address: field
Optional- a comment in the Comment: field
Click on Advanced Options
Thedefault options arefine, but you may want to change them
Click on Create
You will now have to enter you password or passphrase for your PGP key -it's recommended to use a sentence with a mix of random numbers and mixed capitalization;do not makethis easy to guess!
You should now see that your key has been created
See the column labeled KeyID ? (currently blocked out with the white box.) You will need to referencethat number|text string later on in Evolution
Right click on your Key and select Sync and Publish Keys..
Click on Sync and then wait a moment or two
You have now successfully created a PGP key and uploaded it to a public server
See how you can integrate this with Evolution email client

Key Generation, Command Line Interface (CLI)

First, you'll need to make sureyou have (or install) the following packages:

gnupg
gnupg-agent

Then proceed with the following:

Launch a terminal window by hitting Alt & F2 then type xterm
Enter the following xterm window:
gpg --gen-key
Then enter 1 (this selects the option, '1- to create a standard DSA/ElGamalkey' - thisisselectedby default) andpressEnter
Type in 1024 and then press Enter
Type in 0 and then press Enter
Enter a y and then press Enter
Type in your Real Name, as in your first and last name and press Enter
Type in your email address (this is the email address you will be using yourGPG Key with) and press Enter
In the Comment field, you can leave this blank or add other important information,then press Enter
Type 0 (as in Okay) to confirm settings so far and then press Enter
You will now have to type in your Pass Phrase - it's recommended touse a sentence with a mix of random numbers and mixed capitalization; do notmakethis easy to guess!
IMPORTANT: The Pass Phrase is not long enough you willbe warned and prompted to enter a new one again
You will have to re-enter your Pass Phrase again to confirm it
Wait for your computer to generate the random bytes needed for they key, thiscould take a while

One they Key generation process has finished, proceed with the following:

While in the same xterm, type in the following command:
gpg --export -a 'User Name' > public.key
Be sure to replace 'User Name' with your actual username
Open a nautilus window by hitting Alt & F2 and typing nautilis
Find the file public.key in your homedirectory
Right click on the file, then left click on Open with 'Text Editor'
Press CTRL+A, then CTRL+C
Or, Edit -> Select All and then Edit -> Copy
Launch a web browser and visit this page, http://pgp.mit.edu
In the box under labeled 'Submit a key' - right click in the box and then left click on Paste
Click on the button labeled, Submitthis key to the keyserver!
Go back to http://pgp.mit.edu
Type in your First and Last name in the Search String: box
On the results page you are looking for keyID column
Highlight and copy your keyID - you will need to refer to this in the next step

Configure Evolution

Launch Evolution
Go to Edit -> Preferences or hit Shift+Ctrl+S
Choose your email account, left click on it once, and then click Edit
Click onthe Security tab (found on the far right)
In the PGP/GPG Key ID: box, enter (or paste) your Key ID (sometimescalled keyID) - see the steps listed above on where this is located orhow you can find your Key ID
Click OK
Click Close

If you want to use yourkey in any new email, simply click on the Security menu item in yournew mail message, and then click on PGP Sign or PGP Encrypt

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Best Effort Support Only	This document contains instructions on using a non-Microsoft email client, such as Apple Mail or Thunderbird. Microsoft does not recommend these clients for use with Office 365, and there are often significant limitations in client functionality as a result. Because of this, the DoIT Help Desk is only able to offer best effort support for these clients, and certain issues may require the use of a Microsoft client in order to be resolved. For more information on Office 365 client support, please see: Office 365 - Which clients/protocols will be sup

Best Effort Support Only

This document contains instructions on using a non-Microsoft email client, such as Apple Mail or Thunderbird. Microsoft does not recommend these clients for use with Office 365, and there are often significant limitations in client functionality as a result.

Because of this, the DoIT Help Desk is only able to offer best effort support for these clients, and certain issues may require the use of a Microsoft client in order to be resolved. For more information on Office 365 client support, please see: Office 365 - Which clients/protocols will be sup