On 20200405, Sam Kuper wrote:
On Sat, Apr 04, 2020 at 09:06:13AM -0700, Felix Finch wrote:
On 20200404, Sam Kuper wrote:
This ~/.mailcap works tolerably under Gnome [...]
I've been using something similar for several years, and one thing
missing from this is a way to respond to invites. Perhaps it's an
Outlook-only thing, but I invariable get followup emails asking me to
click "Accept", and I never see any such links. Looking at it in the
Outlook webmail, there is an RSVP section with buttons for Accept
Yes/No.
AFAICT, this is just another Micro$oft lock-in attempt.
Looking at the actual mime part, each invitee has an RSVP section.
ATTENDEE;ROLE=REQ-PARTICIPANT;PARTSTAT=NEEDS-ACTION;RSVP=TRUE;CN=Joe Blow
:mailto:jb...@megacorp.com
[...] Do any calendar filters replicate this RSVP business? [...]
I, too, would be grateful to know this. Not because I support lock-in,
but because simplifying calendar invites/RSVPs should not be beyond the
means of free (as in freedom) software. (Compatibility with proprietary
implementations should be a secondary concern.) The key difficulty is
likely to be broken time zone implementations (see below).
In the meantime, you can just reply to the message (which, after all,
was sent as an email): "Thanks, I accept your invitation to the meeting
at 5pm PDT on 5th May 2020."
Now that's an idea I hadn't considered! I was thinking more about the calendar
program keeping tabs on who had accepted or not. But you're right, no need to
emulate that. Just reply to the human.
N.B. I strongly suggest including the time, zone and date in your reply,
as above, because sometimes automated invites:
- use the wrong time zone for the event, AND
- do not specify the time zone that they are assuming!
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