[KLUG Members] Evolution 1.0 is here!

[Tony Gettig]

Thanks for clarifying that. The vCard thing is cool. The screen caps of Evolution that I have seen look great. 

Question though: if a user workstation melts for whatever reason, their calendar info melts too, right? To me, that's one of the biggest benefits of having all that data on a server dedicated to the task of groupware, whether that be Exchange, GroupWise, or something else. The server side is usually just a service running at some port or another answering requests. There is no file access required. If there is no file or workstation db to back, how can I recover from disaster at the workstation? 

And in case you haven't heard it lately, many thanks for the intelligent and thought-out answers you provide to the list...even to seemingly silly questions such is the one above. :)


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Tony Gettig
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Kalamazoo Public Schools
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>>> Adam Williams <awilliam@whitemice.org> 12/04/01 09:03AM >>>
>How does it do this? Is there a server piece? Or is it all stored in a file 
>somewhere?

No server piece or share file.  It simply uses vCal and vCard
attachments,  which are "open" standards.  I schedule a meeting, which
send a vCal attachment to all  attendees,  their mail agent processes
that attachment against their calender (accept or reject) and I get a
confirm/deny e-mail in return.  vCard does the same thing for swapping
contact information,  I simply right click on the vCard attachment and
add it to my address book.
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