{"id":365,"date":"2013-03-15T23:25:09","date_gmt":"2013-03-15T23:25:09","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/tech.moosaico.com\/blog\/?p=365"},"modified":"2013-03-18T17:19:52","modified_gmt":"2013-03-18T17:19:52","slug":"connecting-thunderbird-to-an-exchange-calendar","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thejoyofstick.com\/blog\/2013\/03\/15\/connecting-thunderbird-to-an-exchange-calendar\/","title":{"rendered":"Connecting Thunderbird to an Exchange Calendar"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2><i>Or How to Install an Add On .xpi in Thunderbird<\/i><\/h2>\n<p>You have your Ubuntu Desktop running smooth. Thunderbird is connecting to the corporate Exchange server through IMAP. However you can&#8217;t deal with all those appointments and meeting requests.<\/p>\n<h2> Add-ons you will need<\/h2>\n<p>You will need two Add-ons:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Lightning<\/li>\n<li>Exchange 2007\/2010 Calendar and Tasks Provider<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Lightning is a calendar and task extension.<\/p>\n<p>Open Thunderbird and go to your menu <code>Tools \/ Add-ons<\/code>. Select <code>Get Add-ons<\/code>.<br \/>\nIf &#8220;Lightning&#8221; appears right away just click on it and added it. If not you have to use the search box. Keep in mind that you are looking just for &#8220;Lightning&#8221;. It will show up many add-ons with similar names. Continue to the next search page if there&#8217;s no add-on named just &#8220;Lightning&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p>And now you think you could do the same for the second add-on. Wrong!<br \/>\nYou must go <a href=\"http:\/\/www.1st-setup.nl\/wordpress\/?page_id=133\">here<\/a> and download the Development Version 3.1.x.<\/p>\n<p>Now you have the second add-on in a file named <code>exchangecalendar-3.1.x.xpi<\/code><\/p>\n<h2>How do I install a <code>.xpi<\/code> add-on in Thunderbird ?<\/h2>\n<p>Well, you won&#8217;t find a menu option to do that. Go again to <code>Tools \/ Add-ons \/ Get Add-ons<\/code>. Now just click on the tools icon and select <code>Install Add-on From File...<\/code>.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/thejoyofstick.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/tools-for-all-add-ons-thunderbird.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/thejoyofstick.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/tools-for-all-add-ons-thunderbird.png\" alt=\"Tools for all add-ons\" width=\"320\" height=\"152\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-369\" srcset=\"https:\/\/thejoyofstick.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/tools-for-all-add-ons-thunderbird.png 320w, https:\/\/thejoyofstick.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/tools-for-all-add-ons-thunderbird-300x142.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 320px) 100vw, 320px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<h2>Conclusion<\/h2>\n<p>There&#8217;s now one less argument for the Management to go against Linux on the Desktop. And this is a really important one on the Corporation world. Unfortunately you can&#8217;t continue to not attend meetings with the excuse you were not invited or that it was not on your calendar :-)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Or How to Install an Add On .xpi in Thunderbird You have your Ubuntu Desktop running smooth. Thunderbird is connecting to the corporate Exchange server through IMAP. However you can&#8217;t deal with all those appointments and meeting requests. 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