Closed Bug 716373 Opened 13 years ago Closed 10 years ago

Lightning doesn't send event invitations when adding attendees to an existing event

Categories

(Calendar :: E-mail based Scheduling (iTIP/iMIP), defect)

Product:
Calendar
Component:
E-mail based Scheduling (iTIP/iMIP)
Version:
Lightning 1.1
Platform:
x86_64
Windows 7
Type:
defect
Priority:
Not set
Severity:
normal

Tracking

(Not tracked)

Status:
RESOLVED DUPLICATE of bug 938459

People

(Reporter: nmmozilla, Unassigned)

References

Details

When adding attendees to an existing event invitation/update is not sent out. Thunderbird 9.0 + Lightning 1.1.1 in Windows 7 OS.

Steps for reproducing:

1. Create a new event with or without attendees.
2. Once created open it again and add one or two attendees.
3. With the notify attendees box checked Save and Close the event.

Expected result:

1. Lightning will prompt if you would like to send notifications out.
2. If you click ok, email should be sent to attendees.

Actual result:

1. Event is saved with new attendees but no prompt for notifications no email to attendees is sent out.

Additional comments:

1. Event update to attendees is only sent if you modify event time.
2. If you add attendees since the begining during event creation it does prompt and send invitations out.
3. In Ubuntu 10+ OS bug is not reproduced.
Thanks for reporting.

This might be similar to bug #709604.

Could you rephrase "3. In Ubuntu 10+ OS bug is not reproduced."
Thank you Felix,

Yes, it seems same as bug #709604.

Rephrase of number 3 would be: "3. Lightning 1.1 version for Ubuntu OS does not exhibit the bug of this report."
Seems to be the same as bug #703513 as well -- there it is said to work on Linux too,  while it fails on Windows.
(In reply to Felix Möller from comment #4)
> Seems to be the same as bug #703513 as well -- there it is said to work on
> Linux too,  while it fails on Windows.

Maybe is somehow related but I think is not the same as bug #703513.

Failure of bug #703513 is: Not sending updates when modifying event time. 
Failure of this report is: Not sending invitations when adding attendees to an existing event.

Failure described on bug #703513 is not reproduced in my system.
(In reply to Felix Möller from comment #4)
> Seems to be the same as bug #703513 as well -- there it is said to work on
> Linux too,  while it fails on Windows.

Maybe is somehow related but I think is not the same as bug #703513.

Failure of bug #703513 is: Not sending updates when modifying event time. 
Failure of this report is: Not sending invitations when adding attendees to an existing event.

Failure described on bug #703513 is not reproduced in my system.
I confirm the bug here on win 7 / tb 10.0.1 / lghtng 1.2.1
another horrible workaround is to cut the event (the cancellation is sent) and then paste the event. finally the invitation is sent.
Bug not present in fedora 16/TB 10.0/lghtng 1.2.1. 
Seems to be a platform (windows) related bug.
Really annoying!
I can confirm that this is still a problem with Lightning 1.2.1 with Thunderbird 10.0.2 on WInXP SP3.

I can also confirm that this is not an issue with Lightning v0.9 and Thunderbird 2.0.0.24.
Bug still alive on windows in TB 11.0 and litghning 1.3 ....
Bug still alive on windows in TB 12.0.1 and lightning 1.4 ...
Sorry guys but this bug is really annoying.
I have the very same problem. I tested on 2 computers.
Thunderbird 13.0.1., Lightning 1.5.1, WinXp with all Microsoft updates installed.
Guess what ... Applicable to lightning 1.6 too. (TB 14.0)
Still applicable on lightning 1.7 too. (TB 15.0)... what is missing for confirming this bug?
Does the workaround mentioned in several other reports on this problem works for you, i.e. use the Save command instead of the Save and Close command and wait until invitations are send before closing the dialog?
Yes this workaround is working as the one in comment #7 but both are not really convenient.
I'm just amazed that this bug hasn't been tackled in so long for what I would have thought was a popular addon. Personally my work around is just not to upgrade Thunderbird. I'm running Lightning 0.9 with Thunderbird 2 and it works just fine. With Lightning broken for later versions of Thunderbird there is no reason to upgrade, besides, the later versions of Thunderbird are processor hogs anyway.
Really amazed too. This small bug makes me reluctant to push my colleagues to swap from Outlook to TB.
Even the workaround doesn't work for me. (Sabayon Linux, Lightning 1.7.b1, Thunderbird 15.0.1)
This problem persists on IceOwl 1.2b1 on Linux
I suspect that development of the Lightning extension is dead in the water. This problem has persisted for far too long without any constructive response.

Time to move on - nothing to see here.
Son of a... I'll pay someone to fix it.. any bidders?
Still applicable on lightning 1.9.1 too. (TB 17.0.6).
Again, what is missing for confirming/assigning this bug?
Confirming this case with Ubuntu 13.04, Thunderbird 17.0.8, Lightning 1.9.1 setup. Invitations are stored into calendar but not sent out (also UI notification is missing). This worked couple weeks back (I will try to trace what updated caused this issue).
Bob, you really think Lightning development is dead in the water?
So close yet so far. I'm using Windows 7 x64 with Thunderbird 17.0.8 and Lightning 1.9.1, Invitations sometimes get sent if I fiddle with them long enough, otherwise they don't get sent.

Why can't I right-click on the event and say "Re-send Invitations", is this something that I shouldn't do? It's things like this that keep this product from getting adopted.

I also looked at the documentation, just overviews at https://wiki.mozilla.org/Calendar:Dev_Guide. Nothing concrete :(. Anyone know of a more up-to-date guide?
Confirmed on WinXp SP3 with TB 24.2.0 and Lghtning 2.6.4.
Status: UNCONFIRMED → RESOLVED
Closed: 10 years ago
Resolution: --- → DUPLICATE
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