[Evolution] EWS and the addressbook

[CLOSE Dave <Dave Close us thalesgroup com>]

Generally, I'm finding the EWS extension for Evolution to work quite
well. But I do have one significant and one minor complaint. Perhaps
there is something I'm doing wrong ...

The major problem is that I can't get the Exchange addressbook to be
visible to Evolution. I have triple-checked the OAB URL shown by Outlook
and I'm sure I've entered it correctly. But any attempt to access the AB
gets the message, "e-data-server-ui-WARNING **: ENameSelector: Could not
load "AD": TLS not available", and Evolution's UI shows a red box
stating,

> Unable to open address book
> This address book cannot be opened. This either means that an
> incorrect URI was entered, or the server is unreachable.
> Detailed error message: TLS not available

I have also seen a possibly related message when viewing mail (not
trying to access the AB), "SendMeetingInvitationsOrCancellations
attribute is required for Calendar items".

The minor problem is that, although my filters clearly specify that one
of the actions to take for certain messages is Set Status: Read, the
messages remain unread. When I explicitly read a message, it takes about
two seconds for the read attribute to change. Then when I view a
different "folder", the unread attribute returns. When I return to the
"folder" with the message I already read, it initially shows unread,
then changes to read after a few seconds. After the second time, the
read attribute seems to finally stick.
-- 
Dave Close