This is how you set up your mail account on your Linux device (using Ubuntu 20.04 as an example):
1
Install the packages evolution und evolution-ews via the graphical package management or with the command
sudo apt update && sudo apt install evolution evolution-ews
2
Start the just installed application Evolution. If a welome dialog shows up, close it with Cancel.
Click on Edit -> Accounts.
Click on Edit -> Accounts.
3
Click Add -> Mail Account.
4
Click Next. Enter your name and your Uni username + @myubt.de (e.g. bt123456@myubt.de).
Notice
Don't use Uni username + @myubt.de as your mail address since it is only the login name!
Don't use Uni username + @myubt.de as your mail address since it is only the login name!
5
Click Next and choose Exchange Web Services as Server Type. You username should still be there from the previous step.
6
Now click Fetch URL and enter your Uni password in the dialog.
7
The OAB URL should have automatically been filled.
Choose NTLM as Authentication and click Finish.
Choose NTLM as Authentication and click Finish.
8
That's it! Your mail account is now available on your Linux device!
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