try saving the attachment to a file and then using the file menu to open the file
On 6/8/05, Jeff Newton <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > for some unknown reason, I can not get Larry's data of his calendar event to > import or even my buddies calendar to import - guess, I'm running out of > patients here to get this thing to work the easy way. Doing it the hardway, > will > just make things more complicated in the long run for me....! > > Go figures, the master will not come! <sigh!> > > larry price wrote: > > On 6/7/05, Jeff Newton <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > >>Well so far looks like the download went really well and works with Mozilla > >>1.6. > >> > >>Now, just how do I get the calendar information from my buddies email to the > >>calendar itself? I looked and suspected going to tool and import? - no, I > >>didn't > >>touch it, yet, am wanting to make sure I'm understanding this right! > >> > > > > > > If you are using the Mozilla Suite version and looking at his email in > > ThunderBird > > you should be able to select the attachment and bring up the context > > menu (doubleclick or right click) and cause it to be opened. > > > > On some OS's/WindowManagers you should be able to set the application > > to open that particular Mime/Type (under windows it's file > > associations, under OS X it 's buried in the preference pane, on > > Gnomish systems you can right click on the file in the file browser > > and select Open With (works under OS X as well) > > > > If you are wondering what all this stuff about mime/types is see > > http://www.iana.org/assignments/media-types/ > > > > and know that on any recent desktop unix .ics files default to text/calendar > > > > Here is a calendar file that contains exactly one event, this thursdays > > clinic: > > BEGIN:VCALENDAR > > VERSION > > :2.0 > > PRODID > > :-//Mozilla.org/NONSGML Mozilla Calendar V1.0//EN > > BEGIN:VEVENT > > UID > > :acb0f270-1dd1-11b2-8773-8844fc98af19 > > SUMMARY > > :Weekly Clinic > > DESCRIPTION > > :Upstairs in the front of the building. > > LOCATION > > :228 Main Street\, Springfield Oregon > > CATEGORIES > > :Projects > > URL > > :http://www.euglug.org > > STATUS > > :CONFIRMED > > CLASS > > :PRIVATE > > X-MOZILLA-ALARM-DEFAULT-LENGTH > > :0 > > DTSTART > > :20050610T020000Z > > DTEND > > :20050610T040000Z > > DTSTAMP > > :20050608T055028Z > > END:VEVENT > > END:VCALENDAR > -- http://Zoneverte.org -- information explained Do you know what your IT infrastructure does? _______________________________________________ EUGLUG mailing list [email protected] http://www.euglug.org/mailman/listinfo/euglug
