Going GUI...er

[Felix Finch]

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:jblow at 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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