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using_thunderbird_as_client_for_gmail [15.03.2012 07:54] Pascal Suterusing_thunderbird_as_client_for_gmail [05.09.2012 18:24] (current) Pascal Suter
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   - install lightning addon for calendar access   - install lightning addon for calendar access
   - create a new calendar, choose **on the network** and **CalDAV**. in the location field enter: <code>https://www.google.com/calendar/dav/<yourFullEmailAddress>/events</code>   - create a new calendar, choose **on the network** and **CalDAV**. in the location field enter: <code>https://www.google.com/calendar/dav/<yourFullEmailAddress>/events</code>
-  - if someone else shared his/her calendar with you, you can add another calendar like above but with this type of url: <code>https://www.google.com/calendar/dav/<yourFullEmailAddress>/<theOtherPersonsEmailAddress></code>+  - if someone else shared his/her calendar with you, you can add another calendar like above but with this type of url: <code>https://www.google.com/calendar/dav/<theOtherPersonsEmailAddress>/events</code>don't ask me how it knows which user and password to use to login, it just seems to work somehow ..  
 ===== Contacts ===== ===== Contacts =====
   - install **Google Contacts** addon   - install **Google Contacts** addon
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     - add your account(s) and click ok     - add your account(s) and click ok
   - you may need to restart thunderbird to see the new addressbook   - you may need to restart thunderbird to see the new addressbook
 +  - if you have access to other people's addressbooks i.e. through google apps for businesses, it will automatically show your and all shared addressbooks you have access to once you set up your account.
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