Re: [Evolution] Frustrating Calender Problem

[Pete Biggs <pete biggs org uk>]

On Thu, 2018-08-23 at 08:36 +0000, Gary Curtin wrote:
> On 23/08/2018 10:29:55, "Andre Klapper" <ak-47 gmx net> wrote:
>
> > There is nothing to "ignore". The user has to accept the invitation to
> > import the appointment to have it displayed in their calendar.
>
> So then the users DOES want to be part of the appointment.
Yes, but the user DOESN'T want that to be communicated back to the
originator. Often it is purely because the originator never bothered to
untick the "Request Response" box.  There is no option within Evolution
to not send the response - nor any indication that a response will be
sent. It's all done silently.

I'm sure the more corporate orientated would say "so what, what's wrong
with that". But it's not for us to second guess why someone may or may
not want a response sent, it is sufficient that they don't, but they
have no control over it.

There is a complication in that the RSVPs are sent by the calendar
server (I think, from my limited testing), not Evolution - but the fact
is that to the user they interact with Evolution so it is Evolution's
responsibility to take account of what the user wants.  In this case it
would require re-writing the iCal meeting invite to remove the RSVP
request rather than just passing it blindly to the calendar server.

P.