Calendar sharing oddness

Fenman · 13 Oct 2023, 12:42 AM

I share my calendar with my wife. We both use Fastmail. The issue is that when my wife views my calendar through her account, it appears different to what I view through my account.

I *think* the problem is to do particularly with calendar invitations. For example, I might have a weekly recurring event. If the originator sends me a cancellation for one of the weeks, it takes effect in my calendar. However, when my wife looks through her account, the cancelled event still appears.

Can anyone relate to this or shed any light?

n5bb · 13 Oct 2023, 01:46 PM

I'm not sure about your specific example, but I have erratic difficulty when I'm logged into my Fastmail account on different devices and using different access methods. For instance, I might be logged in on my PC to the production Fastmail interface, on my iPad using a browser to the beta Fastmail interface, and on that same iPad to the Fastmail app (production or beta interface). At some times I can make a change to a note or calendar entry on one device and it changes quickly on the others. But at other times it takes a long time (over 10 minutes) for the changes to propagate. Email always seems to rapidly synchronize. Refreshing the browser, closing the app or browser window, etc. does not seem to reliably resolve this issue. Sometimes the Fastmail app and Fastmail browser web interface on the same iPad are not synchronized.

I plan to do more to document this issue and file a Fastmail support request. Because it's not consistent it's hard to find a way to reliably duplicate the issue. This might be related to your issue, but I'm not sure.

Bill

Fenman · 13 Oct 2023, 04:21 PM

Thanks, Bill. I'd be interested to know the upshot of your support request. In my case, it seems that it's mainly deletions that don't propagate at all.

jsibley · 29 Mar 2024, 08:42 PM

Hello,

I am having what may be a similar issue.

When some events are deleted or rescheduled this can effect my Fastmail calendar but won't affect a Google calendar that is linked to my Fastmail calendar.

And, Fastmail calendars are shared with Google calendar in a way that makes it impossible, at least some times, to delete the event in Google calendar.

I’ve been unsuccessful getting Fastmail support to resolve this, so far.

13 Oct 2023, 12:42 AM	#1
Fenman Cornerstone of the Community Join Date: Feb 2003 Location: UK (East Anglia) Posts: 737	Calendar sharing oddness I share my calendar with my wife. We both use Fastmail. The issue is that when my wife views my calendar through her account, it appears different to what I view through my account. I think the problem is to do particularly with calendar invitations. For example, I might have a weekly recurring event. If the originator sends me a cancellation for one of the weeks, it takes effect in my calendar. However, when my wife looks through her account, the cancelled event still appears. Can anyone relate to this or shed any light?

13 Oct 2023, 01:46 PM	#2
n5bb Intergalactic Postmaster Join Date: May 2004 Location: Irving, Texas Posts: 8,927	I'm not sure about your specific example, but I have erratic difficulty when I'm logged into my Fastmail account on different devices and using different access methods. For instance, I might be logged in on my PC to the production Fastmail interface, on my iPad using a browser to the beta Fastmail interface, and on that same iPad to the Fastmail app (production or beta interface). At some times I can make a change to a note or calendar entry on one device and it changes quickly on the others. But at other times it takes a long time (over 10 minutes) for the changes to propagate. Email always seems to rapidly synchronize. Refreshing the browser, closing the app or browser window, etc. does not seem to reliably resolve this issue. Sometimes the Fastmail app and Fastmail browser web interface on the same iPad are not synchronized. I plan to do more to document this issue and file a Fastmail support request. Because it's not consistent it's hard to find a way to reliably duplicate the issue. This might be related to your issue, but I'm not sure. Bill

13 Oct 2023, 04:21 PM	#3
Fenman Cornerstone of the Community Join Date: Feb 2003 Location: UK (East Anglia) Posts: 737	Thanks, Bill. I'd be interested to know the upshot of your support request. In my case, it seems that it's mainly deletions that don't propagate at all.

29 Mar 2024, 08:42 PM	#4
jsibley Junior Member Join Date: Jan 2024 Posts: 2	Hello, I am having what may be a similar issue. When some events are deleted or rescheduled this can effect my Fastmail calendar but won't affect a Google calendar that is linked to my Fastmail calendar. And, Fastmail calendars are shared with Google calendar in a way that makes it impossible, at least some times, to delete the event in Google calendar. I’ve been unsuccessful getting Fastmail support to resolve this, so far.