[Tickets #14157] Re: Allow to disable email notifications of any kind at kronolith, calendar and/or event level

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Ticket URL: https://bugs.horde.org/ticket/14157
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  Ticket             | 14157
  Updated By         | hogen at newclassicfurniture.com
  Summary            | Allow to disable email notifications of any kind at
                     | kronolith, calendar and/or event level
  Queue              | Kronolith
  Version            | Git master
  Type               | Enhancement
  State              | New
  Priority           | 2. Medium
  Milestone          |
  Patch              |
  Owners             |
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hogen at newclassicfurniture.com (2015-12-21 19:51) wrote:

Has anyone figured this out? I am having a similar issue. I would like  
no additional emails sent at all. Thank you.

> Kontext:
> I am using Kronolith (on horde v5.2.8) via my webhosting provider.
> I subscribed my default calendar from Kronolith via CalDAV on  
> Thunderbird 38 / Lightning 4.x.
>
> Problem:
> Just had a big hastle with too many/unnecessary email notifications.
>
> How came:
> a) I accepted an event invitation from a colleague (who using some  
> other calendar software) via email (using the controls on top of the  
> TB email window),
> b) then TB adds the ics info to my subscribed calendar and  
> consequently to the Kronolith online calendar.
> c) Then my address is added to the list of attendees which coins an  
> event change to be notified to all other attendees including myself.
> d) Kronolith then seems to interpret the TB interaction so as to  
> take over the control among the event, which leads to me being the  
> new organizer of the event. This is actually more like a bug. (Don't  
> know whether it's a lightning issue or an issue in the interaction  
> between lightning/TB and horde/kronolith or something else).
> e) The next effect is that all the attendees get a emails with event  
> invitations although its only an update. However, in my case, the  
> attendees were not interested to get updates.
>
> My request:
> For Step c) Kronolith should at least allow to turn off such auto  
> notifications (as it can be done in the event settings of TB) at  
> different levels: Kronolith, calendar, event. I couldn't find such  
> an option in the application, also not in the "notification settings".
>
> Thanks for helping.
> Mario