I received an Outlook meeting invite in my email recently but because I use Thunderbird as my email reader I received the raw vCalendar data rather than a nicely formatted email with details of the meeting. After a quick google search I found a post on Daniel Tome's blog regarding Viewing Calendar Events in Mozilla Thunderbird.
His suggestion was to install a Thunderbird add-on called Lightning. This adds a calendar into Thunderbird and also adds support for understanding vCalendar events. More information can be found at Lightning's home page.
![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhj7YzECudYI3VPJdxBoIETkqRTrK41Ok9GorQmh-_W7lpo9wP0zwLnvAv9Qzzc6bEcsU2V8FBxHIYRB8VzjEyKFMNQRLM0Bzp6jFkC422pdMPquOW7vcUSf8RYgm6vjPCmUpCuwA/s400/vcalendar.png)
I installed the add-on and restarted Thunderbird and now the raw vCalendar email was transformed into a nicely formatted meeting invite - you even get the option to accept or decline the meeting. Just remember to right-click on the green "Install Now" button to download the add-on otherwise you will install it into firefox.
Thanks again Daniel!.
Technorati Tags: Thunderbird, Outlook, vCalendar, meeting, event, Lightning, Daniel Tome, Andrew Beacock
His suggestion was to install a Thunderbird add-on called Lightning. This adds a calendar into Thunderbird and also adds support for understanding vCalendar events. More information can be found at Lightning's home page.
![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhj7YzECudYI3VPJdxBoIETkqRTrK41Ok9GorQmh-_W7lpo9wP0zwLnvAv9Qzzc6bEcsU2V8FBxHIYRB8VzjEyKFMNQRLM0Bzp6jFkC422pdMPquOW7vcUSf8RYgm6vjPCmUpCuwA/s400/vcalendar.png)
I installed the add-on and restarted Thunderbird and now the raw vCalendar email was transformed into a nicely formatted meeting invite - you even get the option to accept or decline the meeting. Just remember to right-click on the green "Install Now" button to download the add-on otherwise you will install it into firefox.
Thanks again Daniel!.
Technorati Tags: Thunderbird, Outlook, vCalendar, meeting, event, Lightning, Daniel Tome, Andrew Beacock
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