Meeting Request Problem

Hello,

I am using Outlook 2003 Beta. I scheduled a meeting on
my home machine because my work machine has some exchange
problems. On this machine I have DSL with Bellsouth and
a POP mail account.

I scheduled a meeting and the Receipants received the
following: (removed real names... ) any ideas?

BEGIN:VCALENDAR
PRODID:-//Microsoft Corporation//Outlook 11.0 MIMEDIR//EN
VERSION:2.0 METHOD:REQUEST BEGIN:VEVENT ATTENDEE;CN="Name
1";ROLE=REQ-
PARTICIPANT;RSVP=TRUE:MAILTO:address1@somecompany.com
ATTENDEE;CN="address2@somecompany.com)";ROLE=REQ-
PARTICIPANT;RSVP=TRUE:MAILTO:address@somecompany.com
ATTENDEE;CN=address3@somecompany.com;ROLE=REQ-
PARTICIPANT;RSVP=TRUE:MAILTO:address@somecompany.com
ORGANIZER:MAILTO:rahay@bellsouth.net
DTSTART:20030626T130000Z
DTEND:20030626T140000Z
LOCATION:1-877-###-#### Pass ####### 8am CDT 9am EDT
TRANSP:OPAQUE
SEQUENCE:2
UID:040000008200E00074C5B7101A82E0080000000090FCDF7A5E3BC3
010000000000000000
100
00000279261A3BCAFB74B9B49C2B3A57F4C56
DTSTAMP:20030626T011255Z
DESCRIPTION:When: Thursday\, June 26\, 2003 9:00 AM-10:00
AM (GMT-05:00)
Eastern Time (US & Canada).\nWhere: 1-877-###-#### Pass
######## 8am CDT
9am EDT\n\n*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*\n\n
SUMMARY:Updated: Charter and Presentation Meeting
PRIORITY:5
X-MICROSOFT-CDO-IMPORTANCE:1
CLASS:PUBLIC
BEGIN:VALARM
TRIGGER:-PT15M
ACTIONISPLAY
DESCRIPTION:Reminder
END:VALARM
END:VEVENT
END:VCALENDAR

You need to force Rich Text Format on the item. Once you have addressed the
item, double click on the address and select the option to use RTF. It will
be under Internet Format.

--
Milly Staples [MVP - Outlook]

Post all replies to the group to keep the discussion intact.


Having searched the archives, Reg Hay <rahay@bellsouth.net> asked

| Hello,
|
| I am using Outlook 2003 Beta. I scheduled a meeting on
| my home machine because my work machine has some exchange
| problems. On this machine I have DSL with Bellsouth and
| a POP mail account.
|
| I scheduled a meeting and the Receipants received the
| following: (removed real names... ) any ideas?
|
| BEGIN:VCALENDAR
| PRODID:-//Microsoft Corporation//Outlook 11.0 MIMEDIR//EN
| VERSION:2.0 METHOD:REQUEST BEGIN:VEVENT ATTENDEE;CN="Name
| 1";ROLE=REQ-
| PARTICIPANT;RSVP=TRUE:MAILTO:address1@somecompany.com
| ATTENDEE;CN="address2@somecompany.com)";ROLE=REQ-
| PARTICIPANT;RSVP=TRUE:MAILTO:address@somecompany.com
| ATTENDEE;CN=address3@somecompany.com;ROLE=REQ-
| PARTICIPANT;RSVP=TRUE:MAILTO:address@somecompany.com
| ORGANIZER:MAILTO:rahay@bellsouth.net
| DTSTART:20030626T130000Z
| DTEND:20030626T140000Z
| LOCATION:1-877-###-#### Pass ####### 8am CDT 9am EDT
| TRANSP:OPAQUE
| SEQUENCE:2
| UID:040000008200E00074C5B7101A82E0080000000090FCDF7A5E3BC3
| 010000000000000000
| 100
| 00000279261A3BCAFB74B9B49C2B3A57F4C56
| DTSTAMP:20030626T011255Z
| DESCRIPTION:When: Thursday\, June 26\, 2003 9:00 AM-10:00
| AM (GMT-05:00)
| Eastern Time (US & Canada).\nWhere: 1-877-###-#### Pass
| ######## 8am CDT
| 9am EDT\n\n*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*\n\n
| SUMMARY:Updated: Charter and Presentation Meeting
| PRIORITY:5
| X-MICROSOFT-CDO-IMPORTANCE:1
| CLASS:PUBLIC
| BEGIN:VALARM
| TRIGGER:-PT15M
| ACTIONISPLAY
| DESCRIPTION:Reminder
| END:VALARM
| END:VEVENT
| END:VCALENDAR

What program are recipients using? If it's Outlook 2000, remove the reminder
before you send the meeting request.
--
Sue Mosher, Outlook MVP
Outlook and Exchange solutions at http://www.slipstick.com
Author of
Microsoft Outlook Programming - Jumpstart for
Administrators, Power Users, and Developers
http://www.outlookcode.com/jumpstart.aspx


"Reg Hay" <rahay@bellsouth.net> wrote in message
news:0b0901c33bf8$e82876c0$a401280a@phx.gbl...
> Hello,
>
> I am using Outlook 2003 Beta. I scheduled a meeting on
> my home machine because my work machine has some exchange
> problems. On this machine I have DSL with Bellsouth and
> a POP mail account.
>
> I scheduled a meeting and the Receipants received the
> following: (removed real names... ) any ideas?
>
> BEGIN:VCALENDAR
> PRODID:-//Microsoft Corporation//Outlook 11.0 MIMEDIR//EN
> VERSION:2.0 METHOD:REQUEST BEGIN:VEVENT ATTENDEE;CN="Name
> 1";ROLE=REQ-
> PARTICIPANT;RSVP=TRUE:MAILTO:address1@somecompany.com
> ATTENDEE;CN="address2@somecompany.com)";ROLE=REQ-
> PARTICIPANT;RSVP=TRUE:MAILTO:address@somecompany.com
> ATTENDEE;CN=address3@somecompany.com;ROLE=REQ-
> PARTICIPANT;RSVP=TRUE:MAILTO:address@somecompany.com
> ORGANIZER:MAILTO:rahay@bellsouth.net
> DTSTART:20030626T130000Z
> DTEND:20030626T140000Z
> LOCATION:1-877-###-#### Pass ####### 8am CDT 9am EDT
> TRANSP:OPAQUE
> SEQUENCE:2
> UID:040000008200E00074C5B7101A82E0080000000090FCDF7A5E3BC3
> 010000000000000000
> 100
> 00000279261A3BCAFB74B9B49C2B3A57F4C56
> DTSTAMP:20030626T011255Z
> DESCRIPTION:When: Thursday\, June 26\, 2003 9:00 AM-10:00
> AM (GMT-05:00)
> Eastern Time (US & Canada).\nWhere: 1-877-###-#### Pass
> ######## 8am CDT
> 9am EDT\n\n*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*\n\n
> SUMMARY:Updated: Charter and Presentation Meeting
> PRIORITY:5
> X-MICROSOFT-CDO-IMPORTANCE:1
> CLASS:PUBLIC
> BEGIN:VALARM
> TRIGGER:-PT15M
> ACTIONISPLAY
> DESCRIPTION:Reminder
> END:VALARM
> END:VEVENT
> END:VCALENDAR
>