Free/busy is only displaying vcf text

[rviola81]

Hello, I have all my users using ftp to a server to post their
free/busy info. I am having a problem with 2 of the users that i
cannot figure out.

1.) 1st user sends a meeting request to people, and they receive an
email with the text as opposed to the normal format:

BEGIN:VCALENDAR
PRODID:-//Microsoft Corportation//Outlook 10.0 MIMEDIR//EN VERSION:2.0
METHOD REQUEST BEGIN:VEVENT ATTENDEE;CD="username";
ROLE=REQ-PARTICIPANT;RSVP=TRUE:MAILTO:[email protected]
ORGANIZER:MAILTO[email protected]
DTSTART:20041216T210000Z
DTEND:20041216T310000Z
TRANSP:OPAQUE
SEQUENCE:0 UID:a lot of numbers
DTSTAMP:20041216T203138Z
DESCRIPTION:When: Thursday\, December 16\, 2004 4:00 PM-4:30PM
(GMT-5:00)Eastern Time (US & Canada).\n\n*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~\n\n\n
SUMMARY:MEETING
PRIORITY:5
CLASSUBLIC
BEING:VALARM
TRIGGERT15M
ACTIONISPLAY
DESCRIPTION:Reminder
END:VALARM
END:VEVENT
END:VCALANDER

This is what is seen from anyone he sends a meeting invite to - if he
sends himself an invite, it displays fine.

2.) Another user has free/busy set up - all info is correct for my ftp
server where the free/busy info is stored. When i go to the server, he
does not have a vcf file like everyone else... No one can see his
calendar.

I have tried a repair install on #2 - didn't help. I have tried
running outlook w/ the clear and rebuild free busy options from the
command prompt - nothing happens - both office versions are SP'd to the
highest level.

I would prefer not to do what i am going to do if there is no solution,
but i was just going to make pst files for them, uninstall office, and
reinstall the whole thing.

Any suggestions???????

 

[Milly Staples [MVP - Outlook]]

What versions of Outlook are the ones that receive the plain text? If
outlook 2000, Microsoft has a hotfix for this problem.

-
Milly Staples [MVP - Outlook]

Post all replies to the group to keep the discussion intact. Due to
the (insert latest virus name here) virus, all mail sent to my personal
account will be deleted without reading.


After furious head scratching, (e-mail address removed) <[email protected]>
asked this group:

| Hello, I have all my users using ftp to a server to post their
| free/busy info. I am having a problem with 2 of the users that i
| cannot figure out.
|
| 1.) 1st user sends a meeting request to people, and they receive an
| email with the text as opposed to the normal format:
|
| BEGIN:VCALENDAR
| PRODID:-//Microsoft Corportation//Outlook 10.0 MIMEDIR//EN VERSION:2.0
| METHOD REQUEST BEGIN:VEVENT ATTENDEE;CD="username";
| ROLE=REQ-PARTICIPANT;RSVP=TRUE:MAILTO:[email protected]
| ORGANIZER:MAILTO[email protected]
| DTSTART:20041216T210000Z
| DTEND:20041216T310000Z
| TRANSP:OPAQUE
| SEQUENCE:0 UID:a lot of numbers
| DTSTAMP:20041216T203138Z
| DESCRIPTION:When: Thursday\, December 16\, 2004 4:00 PM-4:30PM
| (GMT-5:00)Eastern Time (US & Canada).\n\n*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~\n\n\n
| SUMMARY:MEETING
| PRIORITY:5
| CLASSUBLIC
| BEING:VALARM
| TRIGGERT15M
| ACTIONISPLAY
| DESCRIPTION:Reminder
| END:VALARM
| END:VEVENT
| END:VCALANDER
|
| This is what is seen from anyone he sends a meeting invite to - if he
| sends himself an invite, it displays fine.
|
| 2.) Another user has free/busy set up - all info is correct for my
| ftp server where the free/busy info is stored. When i go to the
| server, he does not have a vcf file like everyone else... No one can
| see his calendar.
|
| I have tried a repair install on #2 - didn't help. I have tried
| running outlook w/ the clear and rebuild free busy options from the
| command prompt - nothing happens - both office versions are SP'd to
| the highest level.
|
| I would prefer not to do what i am going to do if there is no
| solution, but i was just going to make pst files for them, uninstall
| office, and reinstall the whole thing.
|
| Any suggestions???????

 

[rviola81]

The users receiving plain text are a flavor of office installs - the
originator is using office xp sp3, the receivers all have either office
xp sp3, or office 2003 sp1. It seems like there is some sort of
problem w/ office not converting the information from the vcard
correctly when sending it to recipients.