๐ Calendar โ
The events of your mail accounts in one calendar โ view, create, reply to invitations, get reminders.
What it does for you
- One calendar for all accounts, right next to your mail.
- Create, change and delete events, invite attendees โ it lands in your provider's calendar.
- Reminders arrive as operating-system notifications, even while the vault is locked.
Who it is for: Anyone with a mail account at Microsoft 365, Outlook.com, GMX, web.de, mailbox.org, Posteo or iCloud in the Mail tab. Gmail is coming.
What you need: A configured mail account (see Mail). For Microsoft, sign in again once (๐) so the calendar permission is added. For GMX, web.de and iCloud you may need an app password instead of the normal one.
The invitation to the parents' evening came by mail, the dentist appointment is in the company calendar โ and you want to see both without opening three windows. The calendar in the Mail tab shows the events of all connected accounts in one view.
How it works โ
In the ๐ง Mail tab, switch to ๐ Calendar at the top. Each account has its colour; click the dot in the legend to hide an account. Choose Month, Week, Day or Agenda (list of the next 30 days) and jump back with Today.
Events travel directly from your provider to your device; DasDing servers never see them. So that reminders also work while the vault is locked, the program keeps the events of the past and coming months in a file on this device only โ it is deleted when you sign out.
Creating and changing events โ
- ๏ผ Event or a double-click on a cell opens the form: title, start and end (or โAll dayโ), location, attendees (e-mail addresses), reminder, description.
- Attendees receive the invitation from your provider, just like from Outlook.
- Click an event to change or delete it. For series, the change applies to this one occurrence only; edit the whole series in Outlook.
Replying to invitations โ
When you open an invitation mail, the reading pane shows the event with the buttons Accept, Tentative and Decline. The same works in the calendar on the event itself. The reply goes to the organiser as usual.
Reminders โ
For every event with a reminder, DasDing shows an operating-system notification shortly before โ even while the vault is locked. On the PC the program has to be running. On Android the app registers the reminders as system alarms, so they arrive even when the app is not running (Android 12: you may need to allow โAlarms & remindersโ for DasDing).
Frequent questions โ
Why is my account greyed out with โ(coming)โ?
Gmail follows in a later version. For other providers either the calendar access (CalDAV) is missing or the mail password is not in the vault โ accounts signed in via the browser have no password, so please store one.
GMX, web.de, Posteo & co.: what is different from Microsoft?
These providers speak CalDAV. Viewing, creating, changing and deleting events works as usual. DasDing shows recurring events, but you can edit them only in the provider's web calendar. Attendees are stored in the event; whether the provider sends invitation mails depends on the provider. Replying to invitations from mails is not available there yet.
It says โconsent is missing โ sign in againโ.
Microsoft needs your one-time yes for calendar access. Click ๐ Sign in again on the account (in the mail part or via โ in the legend), confirm in the browser โ done.
Are events shown in my time zone?
Yes, in your device's time zone. Events from other time zones are converted.
If something doesn't work โ
- The calendar is empty: unlock the vault and press โณ โ syncing needs the open vault.
- No reminders: allow notifications for DasDing in the operating system; the reminder must be set on the event.
This guide is also available in the program under ๐ Guides โ with jump links to the other guides.