vCalendar for claws-mail and Evolution calendar interaction?

sktsee sktsee at tulsaconnect.com
Fri Feb 15 21:07:25 UTC 2008


On Fri, 2008-02-15 at 10:59 -0800, NoOp wrote: 
> On 02/15/2008 07:40 AM, sktsee wrote:
> > On Wed, 2008-02-13 at 18:08 +0900, Gernot Hassenpflug wrote:
> >> Does anyone know of a way to get a vCalendar event created in
> >> claws-mail to get into the Evolution calendar? The interface for
> >> entering the vCalendar looks so much like Evolution that I mistakenly
> >> thought the two are integrated. However, this seems not to be the
> >> case. Any ideas on how one might transfer information between the two?
> >> 
> >> Regards, Gernot
> >> 
> > 
> > If claws can export to .vcf (vCalendar) files, then Evolution can import
> > it. Unfortunately, the reverse isn't true as Evolution can only export
> > to the iCalendar format (.ics).
> > 
> > 
> 
> Perhaps?
> 
> <http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&q=claws-mail+%2Bvcalendar>
>   http://www.claws-mail.org/plugin.php?plugin=vcalendar
>     http://packages.ubuntu.com/hardy/mail/claws-mail-vcalendar-plugin
> 
> Evolution can also export as .cvs and rdf; and looking at the import tab
> shows:
> 
> Berkely Mailbox (mbox)
> Evolution CSV or Tab (.csv, .tab)
> Mozilla CSV or Tab (.csv, .tab)
> Outlook CSV or Tab (.csv, .tab)
> VCard (.vcf, .gcrd)
> LDAP ... (.ldif)
> vCalendar files (.vcf)
> iCalendar files (.ics)
> 
> This indicates that claws-mail vcalendar plugin can also export to .ics:
> http://www.internettablettalk.com/forums/showthread.php?t=13796
> [turn off colors on your browser for easier reading]
> 
>  If so, then perhaps using .ics both directions might work.
> 

Ah, I missed the vcalendar plugin export to .ics. Looks like that's the
way to go.

-- 
sktsee






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