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In this guide you will learn how to integrate RWTH-E-Mail into the Evolution email client under Linux.

To successfully integrate your RWTH-E-Mail under Linux, you will need the Evolution-ews package in addition to the Evolution mail software.
These instructions were created with Evolution 3.54.2 under Ubuntu 24.10, so the appearance may differ for other Linux distributions and other versions of Ubuntu.

To set up your email in the Evolution email client, follow these steps.

Step 1
Proceed as follows to install the Evolution-ews package:

Open the terminal.
Enter the command ‘sudo apt-get install evolution-ews’ and press Enter.
Enter your administrator password.
Confirm the installation with J.

Step 2
Start Evolution and click in the ‘Burger’ menu (1) at the top right on

Edit (2) > Preferences (3)

Screenshot of the Evolution client: The burger menu is highlighted and expanded at the top right. The expanded menu shows the path from ‘Edit’ to ‘Settings’.

Step 3
In the ‘Evolution settings’ window, click on Add (1):

Screenshot of the ‘Evolution settings’ window with ‘Add’ marked in the top right-hand corner.

Step 4
In the ‘Welcome’ window, click Next (1):

Screenshot of the ‘Welcome’ window with ‘Next’ marked in the top right-hand corner.

Step 5
Enter the following information in the ‘Identity’ window under ‘Required information’:

(1) Full name: First name Last name
(2) E-mail address: vorname.nachname@rwth-aachen.de
(3) Remove the tick from ‘Look Up mail server details based on the entered email adress’ at the bottom of the window.

Then click on Next (4).

Screenshot of the ‘Identity’ window with the ‘Full name’ and ‘Email address’ fields marked in the centre, the ‘Next’ button marked at the top right and ‘Look Up mail server details based on the entered email adress’ marked at the bottom.

Step 6
Enter the following information in the ‘Retrieve emails’ window:

(1) Server type: Exchange Web Services
(2) User name: ab123456@rwth-aachen.de
(3) Host URL: https://mail.rwth-aachen.de/EWS/Exchange.asmx
(4) OAB URL: https://mail.rwth-aachen.de/OAB

Then click on Next (5).

Screenshot of the ‘Identity’ window in which the ‘Server type’, ‘User name’, ‘Host URL’ and ‘OAB URL’ fields are marked in the centre. The ‘Next’ button is also highlighted in the top right-hand corner.

Step 7
Select the following options in the ‘Receive options’ window under ‘Check for new emails’:

(1) ‘Check for new messages every X minutes’
(2) ‘Check for new messages in all folders ’

Then click Next (3).

Screenshot of the ‘Receiving options’ window with the options ‘Check for new messages’ and ‘Check for new messages in all folders’ in the centre and the ‘Next’ button at the top right.

Step 8
In the ‘Account summary’ window (1), enter any name for your e-mail account in the ‘Account information’ area and check the details under ‘Personal details’ (2).

Then click on Next (3).

Screenshot of the ‘Account summary’ window in which the ‘Name’ and ‘Personal details’ fields are marked in the centre and the ‘Next’ button is marked at the top right.

Step 9
In the 'Done' window, click on Apply (1)..

Screenshot of the ‘Done’ window with the ‘Apply’ button marked in the top right-hand corner.

Step 10
In the ‘Authentication request’ window, enter your user name in the format ab123456@rwth-aachen.de and the corresponding password (1).

Click OK (2) to confirm.

Your RWTHmail is now set up in your Evolution e-mail client.

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