Calendar sending updates on it's own

[Cori]

I am recently having an issue with outlook calendar invites. If I send
something from my calendar it will automatically send updates to the
attendees several times a day. I have noticed that when I delete calendar
invite out of my own inbox (the email I get that tracks responses) that
triggers it to send it again, however that is not the only time it has resent
the invite.
Help, my IT department thinks it's user error, but three of us admins are
having this issue and it just began within the last month.

 

[Diane Poremsky [MVP]]

Are you syncing with handheld devices?

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[Mike M]

After a long series of tests, getting more people involved, and digging
deeper yet, we think we have a handle on this. No particular fix however this
is what has been sent to our end users: (thanks to our guy Derik... I think
I'm useless anymore)

Also see:
http://discussions.apple.com/thread.jspa?threadID=2059022&start=15&tstart=0

Anyway... hope this helps:

_________________________

Subject: iPhone/Exchange Bug

iPhone Users,

We have identified an annoying bug that affects iPhone users when creating
new appointments in Outlook. The bug seems to happen when a iPhone user
creates a appointment in Outlook and includes themselves as an attendee,
often because of a distribution group.

Scenario:
1. iPhone user creates a new appointment in Outlook and uses a distribution
group as an attendee; the meeting organizer (iPhone user) is also part of the
distribution group.
2. Meeting organizer sends the appointment from Outlook.
3. An attendee accepts the appointment request.
4. The organizer receives the response from the attendee and deletes it from
their inbox.
5. A meeting request update is sent out to all attendee’s of the meeting.
6. The scenario repeats itself and continues to send out meeting updates.

Solution:
When creating a new appointment in Outlook, do not include yourself as an
attendee. If you are using a distribution group to invite others, expand that
group and remove yourself as an attendee. Until Apple or Microsoft release a
fix for this problem, this appears to be the only solution.

Are you syncing with handheld devices?

--
Diane Poremsky [MVP - Outlook]



Outlook Tips by email:
mailto:[email protected]

EMO - a weekly newsletter about Outlook and Exchange:
mailto:[email protected]

Let's Really Fix Outlook 2010
http://forums.slipstick.com/forumdisplay.php?f=34

I am recently having an issue with outlook calendar invites. If I send
something from my calendar it will automatically send updates to the
attendees several times a day. I have noticed that when I delete calendar
invite out of my own inbox (the email I get that tracks responses) that
triggers it to send it again, however that is not the only time it has
resent
the invite.
Help, my IT department thinks it's user error, but three of us admins are
having this issue and it just began within the last month.

 

[Diane Poremsky [MVP]]

I'll forward this on... but can you identify any updates that were installed
about the time the problem began? (The hotfix at
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/969907 has some unintended consequences for
templates and I'd start with it.)


--
Diane Poremsky [MVP - Outlook]



Outlook Tips by email:
mailto:[email protected]

EMO - a weekly newsletter about Outlook and Exchange:
mailto:[email protected]

Let's Really Fix Outlook 2010
http://forums.slipstick.com/forumdisplay.php?f=34

After a long series of tests, getting more people involved, and digging
deeper yet, we think we have a handle on this. No particular fix however
this
is what has been sent to our end users: (thanks to our guy Derik... I
think
I'm useless anymore)

Also see:
http://discussions.apple.com/thread.jspa?threadID=2059022&start=15&tstart=0

Anyway... hope this helps:

_________________________

Subject: iPhone/Exchange Bug

iPhone Users,

We have identified an annoying bug that affects iPhone users when creating
new appointments in Outlook. The bug seems to happen when a iPhone user
creates a appointment in Outlook and includes themselves as an attendee,
often because of a distribution group.

Scenario:
1. iPhone user creates a new appointment in Outlook and uses a
distribution
group as an attendee; the meeting organizer (iPhone user) is also part of
the
distribution group.
2. Meeting organizer sends the appointment from Outlook.
3. An attendee accepts the appointment request.
4. The organizer receives the response from the attendee and deletes it
from
their inbox.
5. A meeting request update is sent out to all attendee’s of the meeting.
6. The scenario repeats itself and continues to send out meeting updates.

Solution:
When creating a new appointment in Outlook, do not include yourself as an
attendee. If you are using a distribution group to invite others, expand
that
group and remove yourself as an attendee. Until Apple or Microsoft release
a
fix for this problem, this appears to be the only solution.

Are you syncing with handheld devices?

--
Diane Poremsky [MVP - Outlook]



Outlook Tips by email:
mailto:[email protected]

EMO - a weekly newsletter about Outlook and Exchange:
mailto:[email protected]

Let's Really Fix Outlook 2010
http://forums.slipstick.com/forumdisplay.php?f=34

I am recently having an issue with outlook calendar invites. If I send
something from my calendar it will automatically send updates to the
attendees several times a day. I have noticed that when I delete
calendar
invite out of my own inbox (the email I get that tracks responses) that
triggers it to send it again, however that is not the only time it has
resent
the invite.
Help, my IT department thinks it's user error, but three of us admins
are
having this issue and it just began within the last month.