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I'm trying to add an existing ics calendar on my LAN using either Samba or sftp, but I get NS_ERROR_UNKNOWN_PROTOCOL. Which protocols are supported?

Neilzilla

Doing a "New Calendar" from right-clicking the existing calendar at left side of pane.

Doing a "New Calendar" from right-clicking the existing calendar at left side of pane.
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I installed ftp (actually vsftpd) on my server and could connect to my calendar using ftp://...etc....

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Try adding it as a networked calendar, with the file:/// prefix to its pathname in the "location" box. .

Thanks for your reply, Zenos. I tried it, but it doesn't pick up the old calendar -- it just creates a new empty one. The dialogue doesn't indicate that it couldn't find the file that you were trying to attach. For the time being, I 'imported' the calendar.

I see that the ftp protocol is supported, so I'll try installing that and search for the file that way (i.e. ftp://.......)

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I installed ftp (actually vsftpd) on my server and could connect to my calendar using ftp://...etc....