Office 365 Wave15, Gmail and Evolution

During 2013 Microsoft upgraded Office365 to Wave 15. I’ve previously written about using both Gmail and Evolution with Office 365. The good news is that both still work.

However there is a major change. Wave 15 includes new standard host settings for POP and IMAP access. The online configuration guide I wrote last year has been updated to take account of the changes to the server settings

For POP access the new settings are:

Access type	Host	Port	Encryption
POP	outlook.office365.microsoft.com	995	SSL
SMTP	smtp.office365.microsoft.com	587	TLS

If you are not sure if you are using the new settings, click on the settings (cogwheel) symbol and then click on

Options > Settings > Account > Settings for POP, IMAP and SMTP access

If you have previously configured your client with the pre-Wave 15 settings it will continue to work, but obviously Microsoft may withdraw this feature at a future date. If you have rolled this out in a production environment it might be worth thinking about an upgrade strategy.

If you wish to configure an IMAP client such as Alpine, the settings are almost the same:

Access type	Host	Port	Encryption
POP	outlook.office365.microsoft.com	993	SSL
SMTP	smtp.office365.microsoft.com	587	TLS

The only difference being the access port used for IMAP access.

As always your mileage may vary.

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