On Saturday 02 Feb 2013 16:39:55 walt wrote:
> I thought I'd been rooted when I saw a notification pop up on my desktop
> with no previous actions on my part -- it just appeared out of nowhere
> for no apparent reason, offering to sell me gold dust (cheap!).
> 
> Turns out that evolution (a gnome clone of MS Outook) was checking my
> google calendar account automatically and I didn't even know it.  I
> use gmail every day, but never use the google calendar app that comes
> bundled with the gmail account.
> 
> I do use the evolution calendar function on this local machine for
> popup reminders of birthdays, etc, but never do I publish my calendar
> on the internet.
> 
> So, be aware that some calendar apps are set to do this insane stuff
> by default -- and google calendar accepts unsolicited invitations by
> default(!).  Maybe you should turn that off if you're not expecting
> a Nigerian offer you can't refuse?

I guess it's treated as another imap folder (but I may be wrong).  Couldn't 
you manage this through the imap subscriptions?
-- 
Regards,
Mick

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