Hi Ken,
Thank you for all the information. To answer your questions (and clarify my
original question):
In OL, one can create a Task and assign it to a second user. The Task
(request) may be sent via email (as a Winmail.dat TNEF attachment) to the
second user. If the recipient is using OL, it will automatically recognize
that the incoming email contains a Task (request) and process it accordingly
(prompt user for accept/reject, enter the Task into the Task folder, etc.).
As an analogy, a standard calendar appointment may be created by an external
party/application and sent via email. When the email arrives, OL will
recognize the content as an appointment request and process it accordingly.
In this case, the email just need to be a properly formatted vCal message (or
attachment), typically encoded as plain text.
My question is: what needs to be in the payload (contents of the
Winmail.dat file) of the incoming email for OL to recognize it as an Task
request? I am already able to send a regular SMTP message with attachments;
just like to know what content (or attachment) to send.
One caveat: the app that creates the original Task request may not be
installed on a host that has either OL or Exchange access. This was not a
problem with a calendar appointment as a vCal file is in plain text that one
can generate programmatically. But, I am looking to send a Task request
instead--hence my original question.
Any suggestions or directions to look will be greatly, greatly appreciated!
Thanks,
DG.