Calendars in OL2003/OL2000

[Rich]

morning, all. i'm using OL2000 (IMO) on WinXP Pro at home and we've
just upgraded to OL2003 (Exchange) on Win2K Pro at work. prior to the
upgrade we were using OL2000 (IMO at work. also prior to the upgrade
i was using a decidely low-tech method of keeping the two calendars in
sync. i simply invited myself to any calendar event originated at
either end. i use this method asthe calendar sharing never worked
properly. this method worked exceedingly well until the upgrade.

now, when i send myself a calendar invitation from work to my personal
persona at home OL2000 sees it as a regular e-mail message and not as
a calendar invitation. there is no accept/decline button.

there must be an option somewhere that i have not checked or should
un-check but i can't seem to find the right combination. can i
continue to use this low-tech way of keeping my two calendars in sync
or are these two calendars incompatible?

rich

 

[Lanwench [MVP - Exchange]]

morning, all. i'm using OL2000 (IMO) on WinXP Pro at home and we've
just upgraded to OL2003 (Exchange) on Win2K Pro at work. prior to the
upgrade we were using OL2000 (IMO at work. also prior to the upgrade
i was using a decidely low-tech method of keeping the two calendars in
sync. i simply invited myself to any calendar event originated at
either end. i use this method asthe calendar sharing never worked
properly. this method worked exceedingly well until the upgrade.

now, when i send myself a calendar invitation from work to my personal
persona at home OL2000 sees it as a regular e-mail message and not as
a calendar invitation. there is no accept/decline button.

there must be an option somewhere that i have not checked or should
un-check but i can't seem to find the right combination. can i
continue to use this low-tech way of keeping my two calendars in sync
or are these two calendars incompatible?

rich

What message format are you sending in, from work?
Do you not have OWA access so you can see your work calendar from home? That
might be easier.

 

[Rich]

What message format are you sending in, from work?
Do you not have OWA access so you can see your work calendar from home? That
might be easier.

i've tried sending calendar invites as icalendar and not and neither
works. and yes, i can see my calendar from home but i prefer to have
events residing in my calendar here for the alarms, etc.

i had this working when we were using OL2K at work but since the
upgrade it has been a problem. are the two versions incompatible?

rich

 

[Lanwench [MVP - Exchange]]

i've tried sending calendar invites as icalendar and not and neither
works. and yes, i can see my calendar from home but i prefer to have
events residing in my calendar here for the alarms, etc.

i had this working when we were using OL2K at work but since the
upgrade it has been a problem. are the two versions incompatible?

rich

Shouldn't be any difference that I can think of. Have you talked to your
Exchange admins?

 

[Rich]

Shouldn't be any difference that I can think of. Have you talked to your
Exchange admins?

yup. same answer. i am really puzzled. its gotta be something
simple.

rich

 

[Rich]

well, i've determined that if i FORWARD a calendar event using the
icalendar format it appears in my home e-mail as an invitation that i
can accept or decline. what would be the difference between an
original invitation and a forwarded invitation???

rich

 

[Sue Mosher [MVP-Outlook]]

None, if you didn't changeany of the information.

 

[Rich]

None, if you didn't changeany of the information.

that's what i thought..but if i include my home e-mail in the original
calendar invite it shows up as a regular e-mail message. i have to
forward it to my home e-mail in order to be able to accept/decline.
its gotta be a problem at the work end of things but i cannot for the
life of me think of what it might be.

rich

 

[Sue Mosher [MVP-Outlook]]

Please provide a more detailed description of your work enviroment --
Outlook version, mail server.

Also note: The newsgroup interface you are using apparently does not quote
earlier messages in the thread, making your latest message so short on
detail that you risk not getting the answer you're looking for. Please take
the time to quote the original message.

--
Sue Mosher, Outlook MVP
Author of
Microsoft Outlook Programming - Jumpstart for
Administrators, Power Users, and Developers

 

[Rich]

Please provide a more detailed description of your work enviroment --
Outlook version, mail server.

Also note: The newsgroup interface you are using apparently does not quote
earlier messages in the thread, making your latest message so short on
detail that you risk not getting the answer you're looking for. Please take
the time to quote the original message.

sue, i've been trying to keep each reply message short so i've been
manually editing out all of the previous stuff in each new message.
sorry if that's been confusing.

this is my original post:

morning, all. i'm using OL2000 (IMO) on WinXP Pro at home and we've
just upgraded to OL2003 (Exchange) on Win2K Pro at work. prior to the
upgrade we were using OL2000 (IMO at work. also prior to the upgrade
i was using a decidely low-tech method of keeping the two calendars in
sync. i simply invited myself to any calendar event originated at
either end. i use this method asthe calendar sharing never worked
properly. this method worked exceedingly well until the upgrade.

now, when i send myself a calendar invitation from work to my personal
persona at home OL2000 sees it as a regular e-mail message and not as
a calendar invitation. there is no accept/decline button.

there must be an option somewhere that i have not checked or should
un-check but i can't seem to find the right combination. can i
continue to use this low-tech way of keeping my two calendars in sync
or are these two calendars incompatible?

outlook at home is OL2000 running on WinXP Pro SP1. Outlook at work
is OL2003 running on Win2K Professional. The mail server at work is
OL Exchange Server Enterprise.

prior to the recent change at work to OL Exchange we were on POP but
still using OL2003. at that time i would invite my home e-mail
address to calendar events i created at work when i arrived home i
was able to accept the calendar invitation which resulted in the
meeting being placed on my OL2000 calendar. the reverse was also
true. if i created a calendar event at home i would invite my work
e-mail address, etc. i chose this method of keeping the two calendars
in sync because the shared calendar never worked right. this low-tech
method has worked flawlessly for over a year.

then we upgraded to MS Exchange Server and suddenly calendar
invitations sent from work to home arrive as regular e-mail, not
calendar invitations. but calendar invitations from home to work
still arrive at work as calendar invitations. its just the
work==>home path that doesn't work. and yes, i have tried checking
the icalendar box in calendar options at work with no luck.

i have discovered that if i FORWARD an existing calendar event using
the icalendar format to my home e-mail, a calendar invitation arrives
as an attachment to the e-mail. when i open the attachment i can
accept the invitation and the calendar event is placed on my home
OL2000 calendar.

i'm perplexed. my gut tells me that there is some simple setting on
one or both ends that i'm missing but for the life of me i can't
imagine what it is. the IT guy at works tells me what's happening
shouldn't be happening and he is puzzled too.

what thoughts do you have about this? what other information can i
provide to assist you with this?

rich

 

[Sue Mosher [MVP-Outlook]]

There is a known incompatiblity between Outlook 2000 and later versions
related to reminders on meeting requests sent in iCalendar (aka iCal)
format. To resolve this issue, do one of the following:

-- Contact Microsoft Product Support Services to obtain the Outlook 2000
post-SP3 hotfix described in this article:
http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=823199

-- Tell the senders to remove any reminder before sending you an iCal
meeting request.

-- Tell the senders to send to you in native Outlook meeting request (RTF)
format, not as iCal.

--
Sue Mosher, Outlook MVP
Author of
Microsoft Outlook Programming - Jumpstart for
Administrators, Power Users, and Developers

 

[Rich]

There is a known incompatiblity between Outlook 2000 and later versions
related to reminders on meeting requests sent in iCalendar (aka iCal)
format. To resolve this issue, do one of the following:

-- Contact Microsoft Product Support Services to obtain the Outlook 2000
post-SP3 hotfix described in this article:
http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=823199

-- Tell the senders to remove any reminder before sending you an iCal
meeting request.

-- Tell the senders to send to you in native Outlook meeting request (RTF)
format, not as iCal.

i'll try that and let you know but if my low-tech method of syncing
the calendars was working with OL2003 when we were on POP access at
work why wouldn't it be working with OL2003 on Exchange?

thanks for the suggestions.

rich

 

[Sue Mosher [MVP-Outlook]]

And what method might that be?

 

[Rich]

And what method might that be?

umm..the method i mentioned in my first post. inviting my home e-mail
address to calendar events i created at work. two of the three things
you've suggested trying don't work. i've tried sending myself
calendar invitations in the icalendar format and in the native outlook
format...both of which arrive at home as regular e-mail and not OL
calendar invitations. i've also made sure that there are no time
reminders set. same problem.

There is a known incompatiblity between Outlook 2000 and later versions
related to reminders on meeting requests sent in iCalendar (aka iCal)
format. To resolve this issue, do one of the following:

-- Contact Microsoft Product Support Services to obtain the Outlook 2000
post-SP3 hotfix described in this article:
http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=823199

haven't explored this yet. but i'm wondering why it would be
necessary since my calendar invitations sent from work (OL2003 on POP)
to my home (OL2000) WERE working just fine until we switched to an
Exchange Server at work. when we were on POP at work the invitations
i sent to my home arrived as calendar events and not as messages. its
only since we changed from OL2003/POP to OL2003/Exchange at work that
the calendar events are showing up as regular mail and not calendar
events. it would appear that the problem is due to something in the
exchange server but i can't imagine what that would be.

remember, if i FORWARD a calendar event to my OL2000 at home from
OL2003 at work using the iCal format i CAN add that event to my OL2000
calendar. but if i send an original invitation using the iCal format
from OL2003 (work) to OL2000 (home) the invite shows up as a regular
e-mail message.

-- Tell the senders to remove any reminder before sending you an iCal
meeting request.

i'm the sender in question and this doesn't fix the problem.

-- Tell the senders to send to you in native Outlook meeting request (RTF)
format, not as iCal.

i'm the sender and i've tried sending invitations in both the native
format as well as iCal. same problem. but if i FORWARD an invitation
using iCal then the invite arrives at home as a calendar invitation.

rich
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[Sue Mosher [MVP-Outlook]]

What version of Exchange?

If you're sending a regular meeting request, i.e. not iCal, make sure the
recipient address is marked for rich-text format. DOuble-click the
underlined email address to check.

--
Sue Mosher, Outlook MVP
Author of
Microsoft Outlook Programming - Jumpstart for
Administrators, Power Users, and Developers

 

[Rich]

What version of Exchange?

2003 Exchange Server Enterprise. Do you need a version number?

If you're sending a regular meeting request, i.e. not iCal, make sure the
recipient address is marked for rich-text format. DOuble-click the
underlined email address to check.

thanks. i will check that and report back on monday.

rich

 

[Rich]

What version of Exchange?

If you're sending a regular meeting request, i.e. not iCal, make sure the
recipient address is marked for rich-text format. DOuble-click the
underlined email address to check.

that did the trick, sue. i knew it had to be something simple.
thanks for the help.

rich