Set Pidgin Status from Outlook calendar

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Is there a way to set the Pidgin status from Outlook's calendar?

Dwayne Samuels · Accepted Answer · 2011-05-13 07:45:34Z

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Currently no. Maybe you could write an app that does that. It would be awesome!

answered May 13, 2011 at 7:45

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What makes you so sure there isn't? This is not really a useful answer.
– slhck
May 13, 2011 at 22:10
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As someone that hangs out in the Pidgin developer mailing list, I can confirm there is no such feature. It would require someone write a plugin for MS Office that sends a message externally.
– Phil Hannent
May 30, 2011 at 6:24
Plugin request in bugtracker: developer.pidgin.im/ticket/12165
– Jérôme
Mar 11, 2016 at 14:26
Would this help?
– Jérôme
Mar 11, 2016 at 15:13

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fixer1234 · Accepted Answer · 2017-02-20 22:41:38Z

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What Jérõme suggested in a comment is working for me: https://sourceforge.net/projects/sipe/

To explain, I just did this:

sudo apt-get install pidgin pidgin-sipe

Then I configured everything in Pidgin to point to my office 365 account and it works like a charm ;)

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answered Feb 20, 2017 at 22:05

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