Setting Up Email in Evolution

Purdue Exchange Mail Users

To connect to Exchange:

  1. Open Evolution
  2. If prompted, select Yes you would like to configure an email account. If you are not prompted: Select Edit > Preferences > Mail Accounts
  3. Select Add on the right pane, click Forward
  4. Enter your Name and Email address (which should be: [your username]@purdue.edu)
  5. select Account Type: » IMAP
  6. Enter Server: » ova.purdue.edu
  7. Enter your username
  8. Select TLS Encryption under Security
  9. Select Password Authentication Type
  10. Click Forward
  11. Adjust Receiving options to your preference, and click Forward
  12. Select Server Type SMTP
  13. Enter Server » smtp.purdue.edu
  14. Check Server Requires Authentication
  15. Select SSL Encryption under Security
  16. Authentication » PLAIN
  17. Click Forward
  18. Name the Account and you are finished.

Mailhub (Webmail) Users

To connect to Mailhub:

  1. Open Evolution
  2. If prompted, select Yes you would like to configure an email account. If you are not prompted: Select Edit > Preferences > Mail Accounts
  3. Select Add on the right pane, click Forward
  4. Enter your Name and Email address (which should be: [your username]@purdue.edu)
  5. select Account Type: » IMAP
  6. Enter Server: » mymail.purdue.edu
  7. Enter your username
  8. Select SSL Encryption under Security
  9. Select Password Authentication Type
  10. Click Forward
  11. Adjust Receiving options to your preference, and click Forward
  12. Select Server Type SMTP
  13. Enter Server » smtp.purdue.edu
  14. Check Server Requires Authentication
  15. Select SSL Encryption under Security
  16. Authentication » PLAIN
  17. Click Forward
  18. Name the Account and you are finished.
wiki/software/email/evolution.txt · Last modified: 2012/04/06 10:20 by David C LeFevre