With the help of Google and this group, I've worked out how to send iCal
appointments via SMTP from our non-Windows application.

However, they arrive as attachments and 'Open' then 'Save and Close' is one
step too many for our users.

Is there a way to make Outlook automatically accept the iCal event and put
it in the user's calendar - I don't mind if the status is tentative or
whatever.

All suggestions gratefully received.

TIA.

Under Tools->Options->Calendar Options->Resource Scheduling, set the option
to automatically accept meetings. You can set other options for meetings
there as well.

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Milly Staples [MVP - Outlook]

Post all replies to the group to keep the discussion intact. Due to the
Swen virus, all e-mails sent to my actual account will be deleted w/out
reading.

After searching google.groups.com and finding no answer
Grant Mason <(E-Mail Removed)> asked:

| With the help of Google and this group, I've worked out how to send
| iCal appointments via SMTP from our non-Windows application.
|
| However, they arrive as attachments and 'Open' then 'Save and Close'
| is one step too many for our users.
|
| Is there a way to make Outlook automatically accept the iCal event
| and put it in the user's calendar - I don't mind if the status is
| tentative or whatever.
|
| All suggestions gratefully received.
|
| TIA.

"Milly Staples [MVP - Outlook]" (E-Mail Removed) wrote in message
news:(E-Mail Removed)
> Under Tools->Options->Calendar Options->Resource Scheduling, set the
> option to automatically accept meetings. You can set other options
> for meetings there as well.

Many thanks for replying.

Done that. Also ensured that 'Everyone' has Editor rights to my calendar.

..ics attachments are still not automatically accepted. I still need to open
then 'Save and Close'.

Outlook 2000 9.0.0.2711
Exchange 5.5 SP4

The .ics file that I'm sending follows. I created it by just doing a Save-As
of manually created appointment - then I deleted the appointment expecting
to see it reappear when the email arrives.


BEGIN:VCALENDAR
PRODID:-//Microsoft Corporation//Outlook 9.0 MIMEDIR//EN
VERSION:2.0
METHOD:PUBLISH
BEGIN:VEVENT
ORGANIZER:MAILTO:<myvalidemailaddress>
DTSTART:20031212T153000Z
DTEND:20031212T173000Z
TRANSP:OPAQUE
SEQUENCE:0
UID:040000008200E00074C5B7101A82E00800000000901252F909C0C3010000000000000000
100
000005DF2EF129E76C84F990F15887E429B1A
DTSTAMP:20031211T171236Z
DESCRIPTION:\n
SUMMARY:Automatic appointment test
PRIORITY:5
CLASS:PUBLIC
END:VEVENT
END:VCALENDAR