The University of Queensland Homepage
School of ITEE ITEE Main Website

 Linux Evolution client Email Setup for ITEE
Setting up Evolution 2.0 email client on Linux to access ITEE Email.

Just follow the steps shown to configure your evolution client to access ITEE email from anywhere (within ITEE and from Home).

1. Start evolution and you will be greeted with the setup assistant as shown below.

startup

Figure. 1

2. Just follow the instructions in the setup wizard (click the forward button)

3. Fill in the details as shown in figure. 2 (below)

fill in details

Figure. 2

3. Click forward,

        for server type: select IMAP
        enter the host: sslmail@itee.uq.edu.au:993 (missing 'l' in host name in figure 3)
        Username: as shown in figure 3.
        Use Secure Connection (SSL) : select 'always'

        follow figure. 3 (below)

IMAP settings with appropriate port number

Figure. 3

4. Click forward,

    In figure 4 (below) select 'if you want automatic checking of mail every 10 minutes`. You might want to select/de-select other options.

automatic_mail_checking

Figure. 4

5. Click forward and fill in the 'sending mail' options follow figure 5 (below). Make sure to select 'Use Secure Connection (SSL): to always. You may or may not want to select 'Remember password'.

sending_mail options

Figure. 5

6. click forward and follow figure 6

   itee_work_mail

Figure. 6

7. Click forward and mouse hover over the dots marked over Australia to give you a tool-tip with Australia/city. Select (click on) 'Australia/Brisbane'.

location selection

Figure. 7

8. Click forward and follow figure 8. Then click apply

final_step

Figure. 8

9. Evolution mail will loadup (see figure 9) and will ask for your password [if remember password was not selected (figure 5)]. Now all your email will be under the name ['ITEE EMAIL' (Name comes from figure. 6)].

email window

Figure. 9

10. If everything is *OK* goto 11.
If you have *PROBLEMS* select 'Tools->Settings' from the menu, then select your email account and click Edit which will openup the 'evolution account editor' (see figure 10) and check if you have entered all the details correctly.

evolution account editor

Figure. 10

11. Happy evoing... and greetz fly to John Williams :-). IT helpdesk Outlook email setup at http://help.itee.uq.edu.au/email/imap.html (Internal only).

Mozilla Thunderbird also supports IMAP with SSL download Mozilla thundebird.

If you have any suggestions or queries holler me at: irfan@itee.uq.edu.au

Latest update on 13/01/05 can be found here.

This Page has been accessed times.