Calendar iCal auto update

May 2, 2006 11:47 PM

Can I get Thunderbird Calendar to automatically update from a remote calendar file?

I have a remote calendar ics file on a web server which I want to share with other thunderbird calendar users. They will not necessarily remember to reload the remote calendar.

Can I get thunderbird calendar to reload remote calendar on opening the software and/or reload on a schedule?

I fear the answer is- not unless I write the extension myself!

posted by asok to computers & internet (3 comments total)

You might have more luck asking the very nice and extremely knowledgeable people at MozillaZine, the calendar sub-forum is here.

Sorry that I can't help more than that.
posted by oddman at 8:21 AM on May 3, 2006

Um.. you should be able to. I used to have Sunbird (the stand-alone calendar) auto-load the iCal file I left on my server. There is an option in the General settings, a checkbox for "Reload remote calendars at startup". Don't know if the TBird-integrated calendar has this, but from what I understand Sunbird is the same thing, but with its own GUI wrapper rather than using the TBird GUI.
posted by caution live frogs at 12:43 PM on May 3, 2006

Thanks guys.

Reload remote calendars at startup was indeed there. Couldn't see the wood for the trees!
posted by asok at 9:10 PM on May 4, 2006