[okfn-help] SIMPLE QUESTION: Gmail aliases

Thu Dec 22 17:29:51 UTC 2011

+1 to what Lucy said regarding encouraging people to set up Gmail accounts
with a standard name format.

Rufus it seems is right though. The fact that you can't click Accept on a
Google calendar invite to an alias is a known bug.
Solution: Just click 'Add to my calendar' at top of the email.

Thanks.

S

On Mon, Dec 19, 2011 at 6:29 PM, Lucy Chambers <lucy.chambers at okfn.org>wrote:

> Would it make sense, as far as possible for new people by default to
> set up okfn.first.last at gmail.com (and keep a list of other people's
> Gmail accounts in the Contact Management System)? That way we will
> know what most people use and automatically invite that address rather
> than the alias address.
>
> Lucy
>
> On Mon, Dec 19, 2011 at 12:34 PM, Rufus Pollock <rufus.pollock at okfn.org>
> wrote:
> > This has nothing to do with aliasing: google calendar invites do not
> > work except with core gmail account address. It's a well known and
> > major bug with calendar invites. You can often add the invite by hand
> > but you can't click yes/no/maybe.
> >
> > Rufus
> >
> > On 19 December 2011 09:51, Sam Leon <sam.leon at okfn.org> wrote:
> >> Hi everyone,
> >>
> >> Simple question:
> >>
> >> I thought I had aliased my @okfn account to my okfn.sam.leon at gmail.com
> >> address. However, today it seemed that I couldn't confirm events I was
> >> invited to under the sam.leon at okfn.org address.
> >>
> >> How do I check if these accounts are correctly linked?
> >>
> >> S
> >>
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Open Knowledge Foundation
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Skype: samedleon
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