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Thunderbird 38.3.0: No writable calendars are configured for invitations with Provider for Google Calendar 1.0.4

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Hello,

I searched now many hours in the internet and your forums but it seems that this Problem isn't solved yet:

No writable calendars are configured for invitations with Provider for Google Calendar.

My Thunderbird is 38.3.0 and Provider for Google Calendar 1.0.4.

I set calendar.google.enableEmailInvitations;true but it didn't help. I also tried with [email protected] and [email protected]. Calendar works fine, it synchronizes, I see all entries etc. But I can't accept invitations ALTHOUGH it should have write access.

What can I do? Isn't there a solution for this?

Thank you! Daniel

Hello, I searched now many hours in the internet and your forums but it seems that this Problem isn't solved yet: No writable calendars are configured for invitations with Provider for Google Calendar. My Thunderbird is 38.3.0 and Provider for Google Calendar 1.0.4. I set calendar.google.enableEmailInvitations;true but it didn't help. I also tried with [email protected] and [email protected]. Calendar works fine, it synchronizes, I see all entries etc. But I can't accept invitations ALTHOUGH it should have write access. What can I do? Isn't there a solution for this? Thank you! Daniel

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Using CalDAV here to access the Google Calendar via Lightning. I have no experience with the Provider add-on. In any case, it is my understanding that you need to assign an email address to a calendar in order to be able to accept invitations for that calendar. I don't see that in your screenshot. You may try to delete the Google Calendar in Lightning and re-create it. Since all data is on the server nothing will get lost. Or you may want to give CalDAV a try. https://blog.mozilla.org/calendar/2013/09/google-is-changing-the-location-url-of-their-caldav-calendars/

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Is the email address the invitation was sent to assigned to your Google Calender? Right-click the calendar in the left pane in Lightning - Properties - E-Mail Note, this isn't necessarily the Gmail address of your Google account.

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Yes, inivitation was sent to my @gmail.com - address and that's also the email address I set in calender with "provider for google calendar". See attached picture (it's in german)

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Seçilmiş Həll

Using CalDAV here to access the Google Calendar via Lightning. I have no experience with the Provider add-on. In any case, it is my understanding that you need to assign an email address to a calendar in order to be able to accept invitations for that calendar. I don't see that in your screenshot. You may try to delete the Google Calendar in Lightning and re-create it. Since all data is on the server nothing will get lost. Or you may want to give CalDAV a try. https://blog.mozilla.org/calendar/2013/09/google-is-changing-the-location-url-of-their-caldav-calendars/

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It seems it works now with caldav instead of google provider add-on. I used the following address: https://apidata.googleusercontent.com/caldav/v2/[email protected]/events as it's described here: http://thunderbirdtweaks.blogspot.de/2014/10/lightning-and-caldav.html How does your address look like?

Sometimes it seems to work a bit slow and thunderbird hangs, that worked better with the provider add-on. However I'll give caldav a try...

Thank you! Daniel