Re: [SM-PLUGINS] Shared Calendars plugin thunderbird lightning compatible ?

[Robert S. <ro...@sc...>]

Paul Lesniewski schrieb:
> Please don't bottom-post (nor top-post).  Per the mailing list posting
> guidelines, inline replies are preferred here.
> 
>>>>> i tried Shared Calendars plugin today
>>>>> with an ics file made of thunderbird lightning
>>>>> and it seems not be compatible in format
>>>>> as far i now there where some offlist patches
>>>>> and betas about shared calenders which might fix
>>>>> it, is there a url for downloading them for testing ?
>>>>>
>>>>> is there anyone outside who had tried
>>>>> mixing thunderbird lighting ics files with shared calendars plugin
>>>>> and can give some hints.
>>>>>
>>>>> I allready worked out uploading ics files from lightning
>>>>> to a virtual mail users home
>>>>> (i. e. /usr/local/virtual/user@example.test) via apache dav,( using sql
>>>>> auth ,wich is equal to imap and squirrel auth and username ) my plan
>>>>> is perhaps symlink it to squirrelmails calendars home etc.
>>>>> any other hints?
>>>>>
>>>> Hi @ll,
>>>> after study few faqs i see
>>>> that the file_calendar
>>>> backend splits up calendars an events in
>>>> different ics files per design so i think
>>>> thunderbird lightning ics and squirrel will never be
>>>> will never be equal until a big redesign of this plugins is done
>>>> am i right here?
>>> No.
>>>
>>> "ics" is not a standard.  iCal is.  See RFC 2445.
>>>
>>> Applications can store data however they see fit; iCal
>>> interchangeability comes into relevance when you try to export or
>>> import calendars between applications.  You should have no expectation
>>> to be able to toy with an application's data store.  Instead, try
>>> using each applications' import or export functionalities.  The
>>> SquirrelMail plugin has a few and does not need any such redesign,
>>> thank you.
>> Hi Paul , i understand,
>>
>> import and export are fine
>>
>> but i am looking for a thunderbird lightning compatible solution in webmail.
> 
> Oh, it might be more useful to reference Sunbird, but anyway...  the
> iCal exported from Sunbird/Lightning should be fully compatible with
> SM Shared Calendars plugin and vice-versa.  YOU need to state how you
> are attempting to import/export/manage your calendars between the two
> applications.  If you are trying to use WebDAV, then yes, there is
> beta functionality of such available from me offlist, however, the
> plugin as you have it already has several import and export options.

Hi Paul, i respect your list guidelines but isnt it funny other lists
want to have them as bottom posting *g

whatever, as i wrote i have allready managed a dav server
with the the same login auth like the mailusers ( mysql)
so lightning stores its ics files right there in a mail user named dir,

( thats nice and works but it musnt be the future use setup as long as i
goal be webmail compatibel and in sync with thunderbird lightning
without any additional ex or import)

i am sure that squirrel plugin is full ical compliant
but it simply handels it data in an other way
lightning simply uses always the same ics file to store its data via webdav
squirrel splits its up ( i am sure you have good php reasons for this
layout ) .
You have allready sent me your webdav plugin compatibel version
a few months ago , and i gave it a try today,
but from config.php i didnt found enough info how to make use of its
webdav functions, so should i point thunderbird to a squirrel url ( and
the plugin acts magical as dav server , or is the plugin itself act as a
webdavclient , an i should give the url path to my webdav server ics
file when creating a new calendar?
And or or is apache setup involved here?
And how users auth is managed then....

what i need is only viewing and editing the thnderbird  ics file in a
webmail calendar layout , i think this could be done with symlinks or
webdav/ftp put..get etc i.e editing .procmail for local users, something
like that

i expect the import and export function from the existing
plugin to work with lightning ( havent tried yet)
but thats not, what i want

sorry lot of questions but iam not really clear whith plugin and
webdav stuff in squirrel.


Regards Robert

> 
>> ( perhaps i will give kronolith a try when setup a new mailserver )
>>
>> i dont expect a redesign of the plugin this way.
>> Being new to ical i only want clear up my thoughts.
>> Thanks for answering and your work to squirrel.
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