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P.Brian.Mackey
Asked: 2010-09-11 10:43:56 +0800 CST

Do all blackberries have some kind of support for email attachment addition of calendar appointments?

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Does blackberry support the addition of appointments sent as attachments via email or MMS like the iCalendar format?

iCalendar (aka RFC 2445) has the file extension *.ics or *.vcs (v2.0, v1.0 respectively). I cannot find a solid answer/evidence (E.G. RIM publication) as to whether, and to what degree, Blackberry supports this standard.

I created a simple.ics file and sent it as a mail attachment to my blackberry. I get error "This attachment type cannot be viewed on your device". I also tried sending via MMS and following the procedure for opening iCalendar files on the blackberry 9800. I have a blackberry Tour (9630) and the procedure doesn't work for me.

If anyone has any solid documentation (not forum postings) with an answer that would be awesome. I'm open to ideas/suggestions. We do have a BES server.

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  1. Best Answer

    Found this online, basically you want to modify the ICS file to work with your Blackberry as follows:

    1. Download the ICS file to your PC
    2. Edit the ICS file using a text editor and add METHOD:REQUEST (or replace METHOD:PUBLISH with METHOD:REQUEST)
    3. Forward the modified ICS file to your blackberry.
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