My meeting requests to older versions of Outlook arrive garbled

[Guest]

I would like to know if I can sent meeting requests from my new version
OUtlook 2003 to older versions of outlook in my business group in such a way
that they see the meeting request as I sent it, not as a bunch of HTML text.
They also do not have the accept button and can not, by default, put the
meeting on their calendar. I do not receive notification, either.

 

[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.