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Posted to user@openmeetings.apache.org by Vieri <re...@yahoo.com> on 2013/02/06 15:32:18 UTC
ical ics embedded
Hi,
The iCal ics emails sent by OM to any email client I use (eg. MS Outlook) work fine but the ics file appears as an attachment and I need to open it before being able to accept or not a calendar event.
When I generate calendar events from email clients (such as MS Outlook) and send them to myself, the email messages are different, as if the ics data were "embedded" in the email body. So as soon as I open the email (not the attachment) Outlook allows me to immediately accept, deny, etc.
I'm not sure how to modify OM in order to enable this. I'm not even sure if it's just an email mime formatting issue or if it's an ICS formatting issue (method:PUBLISH or something...).
Maybe someone on this list already solved this issue (ie. embed ics into email body so user doesn't require to open attachment in most modern email clients)?
Thanks,
Vieri
Re: ical ics embedded
Posted by Vieri <re...@yahoo.com>.
I'm not familiar with iCal but Outlook 2003 seems to fail to display inline whenever OM generate more than one pair of DAYLIGHT and STANDARD blocks within VTIMEZONE.
--- On Thu, 2/7/13, Vieri <re...@yahoo.com> wrote:
Actually, something's wrong within the VTIMEZONE block that OM generates.
I tried with a different VTIMEZONE definition and it worked fine with DTSTART;TZID=.. and Outlook 2003.
Will try to pinpoint the code that actually breaks OL2003 compatibility.
--- On Thu, 2/7/13, Vieri <re...@yahoo.com> wrote:
From: Vieri <re...@yahoo.com>
Subject: Re: ical ics embedded
To: user@openmeetings.apache.org
Date: Thursday, February 7, 2013, 5:18 AM
Hi Maxim,
The problem seems to be with the iCal document format.
Does not work with Outlook
2003:
DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Berlin:20130207T110000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/Berlin:20130207T112000
Works with Outlook 2003:
DTSTART:20130207T110000Z
DTEND:20130207T112000Z
So it seems to have something to do with the time zone.
Hope that helps.
Vieri
--- On Thu, 2/7/13, Maxim Solodovnik <so...@gmail.com> wrote:
I believe this is related to https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/OPENMEETINGS-476I had plans to fix this, but this
might be postponed due to upcoming release of 2.1
On Thu, Feb 7, 2013 at 2:00 PM, Vieri <re...@yahoo.com> wrote:
Do you happen to have documentation or reference on the web regarding the types of ics attachments?
--- On Wed, 2/6/13, Maxim Solodovnik <so...@gmail.com> wrote:
Different OL versions require different type of ics attachment... it was hard to satisfy them all.
On Feb 7, 2013 2:43 AM, "Vieri" <re...@yahoo.com> wrote:
I'll check tomorrow but I believe my Outlook version is 2003.
However, I recall using Sogo (groupware http://www.sogo.nu/english.html), creating a calendar event through its web interface and receiving the email on an Outlook 2003 client (the same one I'm using to receive the OM calendar event notifications) which displayed it "inline"/embedded. Someday if I find the time I may compare the two types of email messages (OM vs Sogo).
Anyway, not a big deal...
Vieri
--- On Wed, 2/6/13, Maxim Solodovnik <so...@gmail.com> wrote:
From: Maxim Solodovnik <so...@gmail.com>
Subject: Re: ical ics embedded
To: "user" <us...@openmeetings.apache.org>
Date: Wednesday, February 6, 2013, 9:34 AM
I believe it should work as you describe it with latest Outlook.If I'm not mistaken I test it with OL2007, Thunderbird and Gmail
On Wed, Feb 6, 2013 at 9:32 PM, Vieri <re...@yahoo.com> wrote:
Hi,
The iCal ics emails sent by OM to any email client I use (eg. MS Outlook) work fine but the ics file appears as an attachment and I need to open it before being able to accept or not a calendar event.
When I generate calendar events from email clients (such as MS Outlook) and send them to myself, the email messages are different, as if the ics data were "embedded" in the email body. So as soon as I open the email (not the attachment) Outlook allows me to immediately accept, deny, etc.
I'm not sure how to modify OM in order to enable this. I'm not even sure if it's just an email mime formatting issue or if it's an ICS formatting issue (method:PUBLISH or something...).
Maybe someone on this list already solved this issue (ie. embed ics into email body so user doesn't require to open attachment in most modern email clients)?
Thanks,
Vieri
--
WBR
Maxim aka solomax
--
WBR
Maxim aka solomax
Re: ical ics embedded
Posted by Vieri <re...@yahoo.com>.
Actually, something's wrong within the VTIMEZONE block that OM generates.
I tried with a different VTIMEZONE definition and it worked fine with DTSTART;TZID=.. and Outlook 2003.
Will try to pinpoint the code that actually breaks OL2003 compatibility.
--- On Thu, 2/7/13, Vieri <re...@yahoo.com> wrote:
From: Vieri <re...@yahoo.com>
Subject: Re: ical ics embedded
To: user@openmeetings.apache.org
Date: Thursday, February 7, 2013, 5:18 AM
Hi Maxim,
The problem seems to be with the iCal document format.
Does not work with Outlook 2003:
DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Berlin:20130207T110000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/Berlin:20130207T112000
Works with Outlook 2003:
DTSTART:20130207T110000Z
DTEND:20130207T112000Z
So it seems to have something to do with the time zone.
Hope that helps.
Vieri
--- On Thu, 2/7/13, Maxim Solodovnik <so...@gmail.com> wrote:
I believe this is related to https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/OPENMEETINGS-476I had plans to fix this, but this
might be postponed due to upcoming release of 2.1
On Thu, Feb 7, 2013 at 2:00 PM, Vieri <re...@yahoo.com> wrote:
Do you happen to have documentation or reference on the web regarding the types of ics attachments?
--- On Wed, 2/6/13, Maxim Solodovnik <so...@gmail.com> wrote:
Different OL versions require different type of ics attachment... it was hard to satisfy them all.
On Feb 7, 2013 2:43 AM, "Vieri" <re...@yahoo.com> wrote:
I'll check tomorrow but I believe my Outlook version is 2003.
However, I recall using Sogo (groupware http://www.sogo.nu/english.html), creating a calendar event through its web interface and receiving the email on an Outlook 2003 client (the same one I'm using to receive the OM calendar event notifications) which displayed it "inline"/embedded. Someday if I find the time I may compare the two types of email messages (OM vs Sogo).
Anyway, not a big deal...
Vieri
--- On Wed, 2/6/13, Maxim Solodovnik <so...@gmail.com> wrote:
From: Maxim Solodovnik <so...@gmail.com>
Subject: Re: ical ics embedded
To: "user" <us...@openmeetings.apache.org>
Date: Wednesday, February 6, 2013, 9:34 AM
I believe it should work as you describe it with latest Outlook.If I'm not mistaken I test it with OL2007, Thunderbird and Gmail
On Wed, Feb 6, 2013 at 9:32 PM, Vieri <re...@yahoo.com> wrote:
Hi,
The iCal ics emails sent by OM to any email client I use (eg. MS Outlook) work fine but the ics file appears as an attachment and I need to open it before being able to accept or not a calendar event.
When I generate calendar events from email clients (such as MS Outlook) and send them to myself, the email messages are different, as if the ics data were "embedded" in the email body. So as soon as I open the email (not the attachment) Outlook allows me to immediately accept, deny, etc.
I'm not sure how to modify OM in order to enable this. I'm not even sure if it's just an email mime formatting issue or if it's an ICS formatting issue (method:PUBLISH or something...).
Maybe someone on this list already solved this issue (ie. embed ics into email body so user doesn't require to open attachment in most modern email clients)?
Thanks,
Vieri
--
WBR
Maxim aka solomax
--
WBR
Maxim aka solomax
Re: ical ics embedded
Posted by Vieri <re...@yahoo.com>.
Hi Maxim,
The problem seems to be with the iCal document format.
Does not work with Outlook 2003:
DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Berlin:20130207T110000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/Berlin:20130207T112000
Works with Outlook 2003:
DTSTART:20130207T110000Z
DTEND:20130207T112000Z
So it seems to have something to do with the time zone.
Hope that helps.
Vieri
--- On Thu, 2/7/13, Maxim Solodovnik <so...@gmail.com> wrote:
I believe this is related to https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/OPENMEETINGS-476I had plans to fix this, but this might be postponed due to upcoming release of 2.1
On Thu, Feb 7, 2013 at 2:00 PM, Vieri <re...@yahoo.com> wrote:
Do you happen to have documentation or reference on the web regarding the types of ics attachments?
--- On Wed, 2/6/13, Maxim Solodovnik <so...@gmail.com> wrote:
Different OL versions require different type of ics attachment... it was hard to satisfy them all.
On Feb 7, 2013 2:43 AM, "Vieri" <re...@yahoo.com> wrote:
I'll check tomorrow but I believe my Outlook version is 2003.
However, I recall using Sogo (groupware http://www.sogo.nu/english.html), creating a calendar event through its web interface and receiving the email on an Outlook 2003 client (the same one I'm using to receive the OM calendar event notifications) which displayed it "inline"/embedded. Someday if I find the time I may compare the two types of email messages (OM vs Sogo).
Anyway, not a big deal...
Vieri
--- On Wed, 2/6/13, Maxim Solodovnik <so...@gmail.com> wrote:
From: Maxim Solodovnik <so...@gmail.com>
Subject: Re: ical ics embedded
To: "user" <us...@openmeetings.apache.org>
Date: Wednesday, February 6, 2013, 9:34 AM
I believe it should work as you describe it with latest Outlook.If I'm not mistaken I test it with OL2007, Thunderbird and Gmail
On Wed, Feb 6, 2013 at 9:32 PM, Vieri <re...@yahoo.com> wrote:
Hi,
The iCal ics emails sent by OM to any email client I use (eg. MS Outlook) work fine but the ics file appears as an attachment and I need to open it before being able to accept or not a calendar event.
When I generate calendar events from email clients (such as MS Outlook) and send them to myself, the email messages are different, as if the ics data were "embedded" in the email body. So as soon as I open the email (not the attachment) Outlook allows me to immediately accept, deny, etc.
I'm not sure how to modify OM in order to enable this. I'm not even sure if it's just an email mime formatting issue or if it's an ICS formatting issue (method:PUBLISH or something...).
Maybe someone on this list already solved this issue (ie. embed ics into email body so user doesn't require to open attachment in most modern email clients)?
Thanks,
Vieri
--
WBR
Maxim aka solomax
--
WBR
Maxim aka solomax
Re: ical ics embedded
Posted by Maxim Solodovnik <so...@gmail.com>.
I believe this is related to
https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/OPENMEETINGS-476
I had plans to fix this, but this might be postponed due to upcoming
release of 2.1
On Thu, Feb 7, 2013 at 2:00 PM, Vieri <re...@yahoo.com> wrote:
> Do you happen to have documentation or reference on the web regarding the
> types of ics attachments?
>
>
> --- On *Wed, 2/6/13, Maxim Solodovnik <so...@gmail.com>* wrote:
>
>
>
> Different OL versions require different type of ics attachment... it was
> hard to satisfy them all.
> On Feb 7, 2013 2:43 AM, "Vieri" <re...@yahoo.com>>
> wrote:
>
> I'll check tomorrow but I believe my Outlook version is 2003.
> However, I recall using Sogo (groupware http://www.sogo.nu/english.html),
> creating a calendar event through its web interface and receiving the email
> on an Outlook 2003 client (the same one I'm using to receive the OM
> calendar event notifications) which displayed it "inline"/embedded. Someday
> if I find the time I may compare the two types of email messages (OM vs
> Sogo).
> Anyway, not a big deal...
>
> Vieri
>
> --- On *Wed, 2/6/13, Maxim Solodovnik <so...@gmail.com>
> >* wrote:
>
>
> From: Maxim Solodovnik <so...@gmail.com>
> >
> Subject: Re: ical ics embedded
> To: "user" <us...@openmeetings.apache.org>
> >
> Date: Wednesday, February 6, 2013, 9:34 AM
>
> I believe it should work as you describe it with latest Outlook.
> If I'm not mistaken I test it with OL2007, Thunderbird and Gmail
>
>
> On Wed, Feb 6, 2013 at 9:32 PM, Vieri <re...@yahoo.com>
> > wrote:
>
> Hi,
>
> The iCal ics emails sent by OM to any email client I use (eg. MS Outlook)
> work fine but the ics file appears as an attachment and I need to open it
> before being able to accept or not a calendar event.
> When I generate calendar events from email clients (such as MS Outlook)
> and send them to myself, the email messages are different, as if the ics
> data were "embedded" in the email body. So as soon as I open the email (not
> the attachment) Outlook allows me to immediately accept, deny, etc.
> I'm not sure how to modify OM in order to enable this. I'm not even sure
> if it's just an email mime formatting issue or if it's an ICS formatting
> issue (method:PUBLISH or something...).
>
> Maybe someone on this list already solved this issue (ie. embed ics into
> email body so user doesn't require to open attachment in most modern email
> clients)?
>
> Thanks,
>
> Vieri
>
>
>
>
> --
> WBR
> Maxim aka solomax
>
>
--
WBR
Maxim aka solomax
Re: ical ics embedded
Posted by Vieri <re...@yahoo.com>.
Do you happen to have documentation or reference on the web regarding the types of ics attachments?
--- On Wed, 2/6/13, Maxim Solodovnik <so...@gmail.com> wrote:
Different OL versions require different type of ics attachment... it was hard to satisfy them all.
On Feb 7, 2013 2:43 AM, "Vieri" <re...@yahoo.com> wrote:
I'll check tomorrow but I believe my Outlook version is 2003.
However, I recall using Sogo (groupware http://www.sogo.nu/english.html), creating a calendar event through its web interface and receiving the email on an Outlook 2003 client (the same one I'm using to receive the OM calendar event notifications) which displayed it "inline"/embedded. Someday if I find the time I may compare the two types of email messages (OM vs Sogo).
Anyway, not a big deal...
Vieri
--- On Wed, 2/6/13, Maxim Solodovnik <so...@gmail.com> wrote:
From: Maxim Solodovnik <so...@gmail.com>
Subject: Re: ical ics embedded
To: "user" <us...@openmeetings.apache.org>
Date: Wednesday, February 6, 2013, 9:34 AM
I believe it should work as you describe it with latest Outlook.If I'm not mistaken I test it with OL2007, Thunderbird and Gmail
On Wed, Feb 6, 2013 at 9:32 PM, Vieri <re...@yahoo.com> wrote:
Hi,
The iCal ics emails sent by OM to any email client I use (eg. MS Outlook) work fine but the ics file appears as an attachment and I need to open it before being able to accept or not a calendar event.
When I generate calendar events from email clients (such as MS Outlook) and send them to myself, the email messages are different, as if the ics data were "embedded" in the email body. So as soon as I open the email (not the attachment) Outlook allows me to immediately accept, deny, etc.
I'm not sure how to modify OM in order to enable this. I'm not even sure if it's just an email mime formatting issue or if it's an ICS formatting issue (method:PUBLISH or something...).
Maybe someone on this list already solved this issue (ie. embed ics into email body so user doesn't require to open attachment in most modern email clients)?
Thanks,
Vieri
--
WBR
Maxim aka solomax
Re: ical ics embedded
Posted by Maxim Solodovnik <so...@gmail.com>.
Different OL versions require different type of ics attachment... it was
hard to satisfy them all.
On Feb 7, 2013 2:43 AM, "Vieri" <re...@yahoo.com> wrote:
> I'll check tomorrow but I believe my Outlook version is 2003.
> However, I recall using Sogo (groupware http://www.sogo.nu/english.html),
> creating a calendar event through its web interface and receiving the email
> on an Outlook 2003 client (the same one I'm using to receive the OM
> calendar event notifications) which displayed it "inline"/embedded. Someday
> if I find the time I may compare the two types of email messages (OM vs
> Sogo).
> Anyway, not a big deal...
>
> Vieri
>
> --- On *Wed, 2/6/13, Maxim Solodovnik <so...@gmail.com>* wrote:
>
>
> From: Maxim Solodovnik <so...@gmail.com>
> Subject: Re: ical ics embedded
> To: "user" <us...@openmeetings.apache.org>
> Date: Wednesday, February 6, 2013, 9:34 AM
>
> I believe it should work as you describe it with latest Outlook.
> If I'm not mistaken I test it with OL2007, Thunderbird and Gmail
>
>
> On Wed, Feb 6, 2013 at 9:32 PM, Vieri <re...@yahoo.com>
> > wrote:
>
> Hi,
>
> The iCal ics emails sent by OM to any email client I use (eg. MS Outlook)
> work fine but the ics file appears as an attachment and I need to open it
> before being able to accept or not a calendar event.
> When I generate calendar events from email clients (such as MS Outlook)
> and send them to myself, the email messages are different, as if the ics
> data were "embedded" in the email body. So as soon as I open the email (not
> the attachment) Outlook allows me to immediately accept, deny, etc.
> I'm not sure how to modify OM in order to enable this. I'm not even sure
> if it's just an email mime formatting issue or if it's an ICS formatting
> issue (method:PUBLISH or something...).
>
> Maybe someone on this list already solved this issue (ie. embed ics into
> email body so user doesn't require to open attachment in most modern email
> clients)?
>
> Thanks,
>
> Vieri
>
>
>
>
> --
> WBR
> Maxim aka solomax
>
>
Re: ical ics embedded
Posted by Vieri <re...@yahoo.com>.
I'll check tomorrow but I believe my Outlook version is 2003.
However, I recall using Sogo (groupware http://www.sogo.nu/english.html), creating a calendar event through its web interface and receiving the email on an Outlook 2003 client (the same one I'm using to receive the OM calendar event notifications) which displayed it "inline"/embedded. Someday if I find the time I may compare the two types of email messages (OM vs Sogo).
Anyway, not a big deal...
Vieri
--- On Wed, 2/6/13, Maxim Solodovnik <so...@gmail.com> wrote:
From: Maxim Solodovnik <so...@gmail.com>
Subject: Re: ical ics embedded
To: "user" <us...@openmeetings.apache.org>
Date: Wednesday, February 6, 2013, 9:34 AM
I believe it should work as you describe it with latest Outlook.If I'm not mistaken I test it with OL2007, Thunderbird and Gmail
On Wed, Feb 6, 2013 at 9:32 PM, Vieri <re...@yahoo.com> wrote:
Hi,
The iCal ics emails sent by OM to any email client I use (eg. MS Outlook) work fine but the ics file appears as an attachment and I need to open it before being able to accept or not a calendar event.
When I generate calendar events from email clients (such as MS Outlook) and send them to myself, the email messages are different, as if the ics data were "embedded" in the email body. So as soon as I open the email (not the attachment) Outlook allows me to immediately accept, deny, etc.
I'm not sure how to modify OM in order to enable this. I'm not even sure if it's just an email mime formatting issue or if it's an ICS formatting issue (method:PUBLISH or something...).
Maybe someone on this list already solved this issue (ie. embed ics into email body so user doesn't require to open attachment in most modern email clients)?
Thanks,
Vieri
--
WBR
Maxim aka solomax
Re: ical ics embedded
Posted by Maxim Solodovnik <so...@gmail.com>.
I believe it should work as you describe it with latest Outlook.
If I'm not mistaken I test it with OL2007, Thunderbird and Gmail
On Wed, Feb 6, 2013 at 9:32 PM, Vieri <re...@yahoo.com> wrote:
> Hi,
>
> The iCal ics emails sent by OM to any email client I use (eg. MS Outlook)
> work fine but the ics file appears as an attachment and I need to open it
> before being able to accept or not a calendar event.
> When I generate calendar events from email clients (such as MS Outlook)
> and send them to myself, the email messages are different, as if the ics
> data were "embedded" in the email body. So as soon as I open the email (not
> the attachment) Outlook allows me to immediately accept, deny, etc.
> I'm not sure how to modify OM in order to enable this. I'm not even sure
> if it's just an email mime formatting issue or if it's an ICS formatting
> issue (method:PUBLISH or something...).
>
> Maybe someone on this list already solved this issue (ie. embed ics into
> email body so user doesn't require to open attachment in most modern email
> clients)?
>
> Thanks,
>
> Vieri
>
>
--
WBR
Maxim aka solomax