Sun Java System Calendar Server Issues

When you use Evolution with Java System Calendar Server, you might experience the following issues:

• You cannot use Evolution to modify or delete an appointment within a series of appointments from a Calendar Server account. Calendar Server does not support this function.

• The Preview sections for recurring appointments behave differently for local calendar folders and Calendar Server folders. In a local folder, open a simple recurring appointment, then click on the Recurrence tab. You can use the Preview section. In Calendar Server folders, the Preview section in the Recurrence tab is disabled because you cannot modify or delete an appointment within a series of appointments.

• In local folders, Calendar displays the tasks that are in the local Tasks folder. In Calendar Server folders, Personal Calendar displays the tasks that are in the the default tasks folder. You can change your default tasks folder. For more information about how to change your default tasks folder, see Setting Folders Preferences. After you change your default tasks folder, you must restart Evolution for the change to take effect.

• Calendar Server supports only one reminder for each appointment or meeting. However, you can add multiple reminders for each appointment or meeting to your local calendar.

• The time zones in Evolution are not the same as the time zones on Calendar Server. This time zone disparity causes some problems when dealing with time zones that exist only in Evolution.

  For example, the Asia/Urumqi time zone is available in Evolution, but not available in Calendar Server. When you create a new appointment in the Asia/Urumqi time zone, Evolution saves the appointment in the default time zone for Calendar Server.

• If you select an incorrect protocol for your Calendar Server account, Evolution does not allow you to correct the protocol in the Evolution Settings dialog. To correct the protocol setting for a Calendar Server account, perform the following steps:

  1. Right-click on your  Calendar Server folder, then choose Forget Password from the popup menu.

  2. Quit and restart Evolution.

  3. Click Cancel on the Enter Password dialog.

  4. Select the correct protocol for your Calendar Server account from the Evolution Settings dialog.