rootninja

My base installation came with evolution, but I had to add an extra package from the standard repository which also installed a few dependencies.

$ sudo yum install evolution-mapi

Running Transaction
  Installing     : samba4-libs                                                         1/5
  Installing     : libtevent                                                           2/5
  Installing     : libldb                                                              3/5
  Installing     : openchange                                                          4/5
  Installing     : evolution-mapi                                                      5/5

Start Evolution

Once this is installed, the option, “Exchange-mapi” will show up as the type of connection when you first launch Evolution. Choose this as the connection type after entering your name and email address on the first page.

Next

Type in your Active Directory user name and the domain name. The case is important. I tried it all lowercase at first and it just gave me a funny error message. Then I typed the domain in all caps. After a brief pause, it connected successfully.

Next

The rest is just options/preferences. Choose how often you want to check for new mail and if you want to turn the junk filter on, etc.

Next / Finished

That’s it. If you’re impatient, hit F9 to force evolution to immediately send and receive mail. The progress bar went to 100% almost immediately for me and just sat there. I had a lot of crap in my inbox and rss feeds so it took awhile to sync the first time.