On 02/02/2013 09:20 AM, Mick wrote: > 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? Yes, I've already fixed the problem by changing the default settings in both evolution and at the google website. Another example of the tyranny of the default (a phrase I learned from Leo Laporte).
