Thunderbird calendar reminder popups disappear
I have recently switched from MS Outlook to Thunderbird/Lightning. So far, reasonably so good. One thing that continues to frustrate me is an issue with calendar reminder popups. I thought I was not getting them, but now I think I'm getting them but they disappear. Some research suggests that it may have already been reported that reminder popups will disappear once Thunderbird checks for new mail, and what I'd vastly prefer is for a calendar reminder popup to stay, well, popped-up until I dismiss it.
Am I missing something? Maybe a setting somewhere? Or is this a known issue that has yet to be solved?
I did have a massive problem when I imported my Outlook calendar in that I got reminder popups for every calendar entry back to the dawn of time, and which would NOT dismiss no matter how many times I tried, so I enabled the setting to not remind me about past events.
It seems as if I may have to choose between two unacceptable options: either re-enable reminders for past events, so that when Thunderbird checks for mail any undismissed reminder popups will remain (or re-popup), or live with the reminder popups disappearing (and, the whole reason I'm writing this, I'll miss calendar events if I don't happen to be glued to my computer for the 30 minutes the popup will exist). Is there not some other option?
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Just checking back in to see if anyone has any ideas.
Goto the calendar options and set the variables ( image 1). You can also check the reminder dialogue and show missed reminders for writable calendars. Go to the event double click and set the reminder time ( image 2) as image (3)
Thanks, but I'm not sure that really addresses the problem I'm having. Unless I'm misreading it, your reply seems to be mostly about how to configure reminders, and I'm good with that. My problem is that the reminder popup seems to automatically disappear after a certain amount of time, rather than waiting for me to dismiss it. Some research suggests that this will happen the next time Thunderbird checks for mail. As explained above, I've tried to set the option to show missed reminders, but then I get reminders for everything in my calendar back until the dawn of time, and many/most/all of these cannot be dismissed (they keep recurring as a missed reminder).
Checking in. I found this reference from years ago:
https://users.sogo.narkive.com/3tcHGVwz/sogo-lightning-calendar-auto-refresh-closes-reminder-dialog
Which seems to describe exactly the behaviour I'm seeing.