Re: [Evolution] sharing evolution calendars

[michael <cs networkingnewsletter org uk>]

On Thu, 2008-01-24 at 10:36 +0000, Pete Biggs wrote:
> > > I use 'syncevolution' connected to scheduleworld.com to keep my 3  
> > > copies
> > > of evo, my blackberry and my google calendar account all synced up.
> > >
> > > You can have your calendar presented as a WebDAV .ics file as well, so
> > > that should satisfy your Mac.
> >
> > webdav?? sharing one web-based cal between all 3 hosts (each being  
> > able to read & write) sounds good - but it is feasible/str fwd? If so  
> > how come you use something else??
>
>
> Because the WebDAV implementation in Evo is not ideal - it only
> 'publishes' information, it doesn't synchronise it.  You can read (as in
> read-only, not r/w) calendars on the web - things like google calendar
> or ical; you can publish your 'personal' calendar as an ics file using
> WebDAV (or as free/busy .ifb) - but you can't have your personal
> calendar on the web.
>
> If the CalDAV features of evo worked reliably with a variety of servers,
> it would be the way to go.  But it doesn't (or at least it didn't last
> time I tried it in 2.10), so the next best option is to do proper
> synchronisation against a SyncML server such as the Funambol server at
> scheduleworld.  It also has the advantage of being able to sync to other
> things such as PDAs or mobile clients (and Outlook if you so desire).

Aha, I see now!
I'll give it a shot - I had tried syncml in the past but got myself into
some sort of trouble (soz, can't remember details but it's worth another
shot!)

More anon, M