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ledonnell
June 28th, 2006, 09:22 AM
A friend in the office (Gentoo user) figured out what is wrong with the current Evolutions and Exchange Connector. He has submitted some code for a change and we will see if it takes effect. I have not been able to connect for a LONG time now and I am pleased to say he walked me through how to get it working:

1. Don't use the menu options for Evolution.

2. Open Gnome-Terminal (or Konsole if you are a heathen) and type: ximian-connector-setup-2.6. Walk through your setup and let it close.

3. Open Evolution and ignore the errors. Go to Edit>Preferences>Accounts. Edit your accounts. Where the retarded Evolution bug has re-written your https to http change it BACK to https
*****************IMPORTANT******************
DO NOT click authenticate. If you click authenticate it will rewrite your https settings again.
Just click ok.
Restart evolution.
You may have to tweak a few settings to your liking.

This has worked like a charm for all of us in the office and from my home connecting in.

Cheers.

nzgreen
July 28th, 2006, 09:46 PM
I followed the instrutions on this webpage to add an Exchange account using the Evolution Druid:
http://galaxycow.com/blogs/vermyndax/archive/2005/10/18/2380.aspx

btdown
July 28th, 2006, 11:27 PM
(or Konsole if you are a heathen)

Bravo!