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21 Sep 2021, 10:26 PM | #1 |
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Email and calendar separately
Up until now I've been using email services that have integrated calendars - such as Google, Fastmail and Outlook. It sometimes occurs to me to move my domains to one of the very good 'email only' services.
If I did change to 'email only,' is there any smart way to work with a third party calendar so that invitations, meeting details, events etc get easily entered into a calendar? I'm thinking primarily of online services. If so, what might that calendar be? Is this even a thing? Last edited by Fenman : 21 Sep 2021 at 11:28 PM. Reason: Clarify |
22 Sep 2021, 03:06 AM | #2 |
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I know you've edited your post to clarify, but I'm not exactly sure what you want to accomplish.
Are you saying, for example, because Fastmail has a calendar you would prefer not to use it? If you are wanting to use an online calendar that is separate from your email, I would suggest moving your domain registrar to Gandi - they offer 2 x 3GB mail accounts free, and with that is included - if you use the SOGo interface - an online calendar. |
22 Sep 2021, 03:35 AM | #3 |
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Thanks, Fredonline and sorry not to be clear.
At the moment I am very happy with Fastmail and like the calendar very much and use it. It occurred that some time in the future I might want to/have to move away from Fastmail. I *think* there are some good email hosts that don't have calendars. It's possible I'm wrong here. If I had to use one of those, then how do I link it with a calendar? (The more I think about it the more I realise the question is dumb!) Yes, Gandi would suit well if ever I came away from .Fastmail. |
22 Sep 2021, 09:01 AM | #4 | |
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I can't answer with complete authority but I would be very surprised if you could find a webmail service that would support remote calendar updates. If you happened to be using a client (that supports both email and calendar, such as Outlook) then I think it's pretty likely you could make that work with distinct email and calendar services. |
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22 Sep 2021, 08:17 PM | #5 |
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In the Apple eco system Mail and Calendar are separated.
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23 Sep 2021, 03:35 AM | #6 | |
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I am using mainly Thunderbird across several computers, Linux and Mac. Using a free nextcloud account at woelkli.com, which includes a calendar function. Also "To-do"-calendars. I am not getting/sending meeting invitations though, but I don't see shy this should not work with Thunderbird with emal set up. Syncing nice between all computers (and mobile devices too btw) |
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23 Sep 2021, 03:14 PM | #7 | |
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