Sending and replying to invitations

In Thunderbird you can invite people to an appointment and reply to invitations from others. To do this, you link your Nextcloud calendar to your email address.

Linking your calendar to your email address

1. Go to Calendar and right-click your Nextcloud calendar. Choose Properties.
2. Under Email, choose your email address, for example anne@yourdomain.com.
3. Click OK.

Use the same address as in your Nextcloud profile. Your Nextcloud then recognises you as the organiser (see Completing your profile: name, photo, email address, language and time zone).

Inviting someone

1. Create a new event in your Nextcloud calendar.
2. Click Invite Attendees… and enter the email addresses.
3. Click Save and Close. Thunderbird asks whether it may send the invitation.

Thunderbird then sends the invitation from your own mailbox. Replies from attendees arrive in your Inbox. Above each reply, Thunderbird shows a bar that lets you add the response to your calendar.

Replying to an invitation

If you receive an invitation by email, Thunderbird shows a bar above the message with buttons to accept, accept tentatively or decline. If you accept, the appointment is added to your calendar. Choose your Nextcloud calendar, and the appointment will also appear on your phone.

Duplicate invitations, or are they not arriving?

Your Nextcloud can also send invitations itself. If you create an appointment with attendees in the browser, your Nextcloud sends them. In Thunderbird, Thunderbird sends them. Do attendees receive your invitation twice, or not at all? Read Appointment invitations that do not arrive.

Tip: Test it first: invite yourself at another email address and check whether the invitation arrives.