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Configure Office 365 account access

Using Evolution

install evolution and Exchange Web Service

sudo apt update
sudo apt install evolution evolution-ews

Create your account

Credit goes to this page.

  • Launch or open the Evolution application
  • If this is a new installation you will be prompted to enter your email information, otherwise to add a new account by going to Edit | Preferences and choose Add from the Mail Accounts menu.
  • Click Next
  • Enter your name as you'd like it to appear and your primary email address "name@domain.ext" for Email Address, then click Next
  • Click the Skip button (or wait some minutes that autodetect fails)

  • On the resulting window, enter the following information for each field:

  • Server Type: Exchange Web Services

  • Username: your primary email address i.e. name@partners.org

  • Host URL: https://outlook.office365.com/EWS/Exchange.asmx

  • Click Fetch URL You will be prompted for your password. Type it.

  • Host URL and OAB URL should be successfully discovered. Click Next
  • Click Next to accept Receiving Options
  • Enter any name for the account name, and click Next
  • Click Apply
  • If prompted, enter your Partners password once more and click OK
  • Setup is complete. Email and calendar data will take some time to sync.

Using Thunderbird

There is 2 options:

None of them I've used.

Changing User agent in Thunderbird

If your company uses checks on OS "for security" purpose (What the Fork???), it's easy to change the user agent inside thunderbird: simply add this key in your advanced settings general.useragent.override (type string) with the user agent value you want.