Hello Leo,
On 02/06/14 22:18, Victor Churchill wrote:
> I have started using Google Calendar for such things. You can set up 
> more than one alert for an upcoming event, anything from minutes to 
> weeks in advance, and specify alert by popup, email or SMS (or any 
> combination). And you can define recurring events - I have started 
> adding birthdays there too.
>
> I've not tested the specific functionality of requesting a popup to be 
> generated at a time the computer is off.
I also use Google's calendar. It's possible to set alerts like Victor 
mention, and at some point I have seen that it can send text messages to 
your phone too (which is handy if it's a time-sensitive issue, and if 
you don't have an Android or Apple handset). The other handy thing is 
that I sync all of these to my phone as well, and also share my calendar 
with my wife in a similar fashion. All my calendar entries pops up on 
her calendar, and vice versa. Furthermore I also use a week-view agenda 
type of widget on my mobile phone, so I can see what is coming up in my 
week every time I glance at my phone.
PS: THere used to be a stand-alone calendaring app from Mozilla called 
"Sunbird", which I also used in the past. I cannot seem to find it at 
the moment, seems that everything was absorbed into Lightning, the 
Thunderbird plug-in. Sunbird was useful when I was trying out other 
email clients.
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Jan Henkins
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