Archive for January, 2009

How should we manage autoconfiguration files?

One of the features we’re working on for Thunderbird that I’ve mentioned before is the “autoconfiguration” setup, whereby when setting up an account, you type in your email address, and using the domain part (the part after the @ sign), Thunderbird tries to figure out what the right settings are. When it works, this is [...]

Timezone meeting

Note to people interested in solving the nasty problems of timezone support in calendaring: CalConnect (The Calendaring and Scheduling Consortium) will host a one-day Timezone Workshop on Tuesday, February 3, 2009, at Microsoft in Redmond, Washington. This workshop is intended for and open by invitation to parties with an interest in Timezones, how they are [...]