
To access your calendar data, you need to retrieve your private XML URL from the Google Calendar UI.ģ. Point it to the downloaded file and install the extension. Then in Sunbird or Thunderbird with Lightning installed, choose Extras/Tools > Addons and click on the install button. Get the extension from : Download the file by right-clicking on the link and choose save-as.

It is more reliable w.r.t Alarms and some people say its also faster when refreshing. The Provider uses a slightly different method of accessing the Calendar. You can either install the Provider for Google Calendar from or access it via CalDAV. If you need both read and write access to your calendar, you have two options.

If you only need read-access to a google-calendar, you can use the link of the public ics-file which is provided by google such as: Most of this is valid for Sunbird too though it isn't currently possible to receive or send invites to people with Sunbird. You can have read-access to public calendars or you can use a calendar bi-directional, with both read and write-access. 1 Using Lightning with Google Calendars.
