Re: [mh] iCal (was CheaperRFID (+ new 2.104 feature!))

[Gregg L. <gr...@li...>]

Quoting H Plato (8/30/07 10:39 AM):
> That's exactly what I do. I use apache's webDAV support to publish my
> Apple iCals to the web server. I then have a location directive that
> allows standard http access into that directory. ical2vsdb uses perl's
> lwp to fetch ics files from a webserver.

FWIW: I've tested against both my scheduleworld.com and google calendar
accounts (each uses basic authentication to secure calendar and
optionally task info).  My motivation for going this route is the
abundance of sync "add ons" for every almost every calendaring device.
Scheduleworld uses SyncML to sync between "conduits" (see funnambol.com)
and it's calendar, task and contacts stores.  Thunderbird (via
Lightening), Evolution, Outlook, Lotus Notes, Windows Mobile 2005/2003,
(and maybe) Palm all have conduits of this sort.  Also, I just noted
that the 770 has a sync mechanism to google calendar.  And,
scheduleworld will auto-sync to google calendar anytime something in a
scheduleworld store changes.  The bottom line is that it is now possible
to sync multiple devices/applications of virtually any sort to some
calendar and/or to-do  store and that this info can now be exposed to mh
(automagically).  And, yes--alarm times that you set for tasks and/or
calendar events are used by mh to drive announcement (speak and display)
times.  Lastly, if you end a calendar event's name/title with either
birthday or anniversary, then you can automatically receive an email
notice 5 days in advance (so as not to be surprised).

Gregg