It will probably not be "fixed" as you noted in your response to my original
post. Having 250 million users of hotmail and, for the sake of argument,
10% of them using the MOOL option would require far too much server space to
justify the cost if the free/busy and appointment reminder options increase.
Mark it up to how limited some paid online services are versus what the paid
personal program services are and make your choice accordingly. I do not
see Microsoft changing this property any time soon.
--
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.
| Thanks, Milly. Exactly. The difference you and I pointed out - which
| "profile" is the default - is the root of the problem. MS encourages us
to
| buy into their server-based functionality to keep a constant revenue
stream
| (MSN/Hotmail subscription fees), yet takes away critical functionality.
This
| really should be fixed. Thx, Eric
|
| "Milly Staples [MVP - Outlook]" wrote:
|
| > YOur best bet is to address it to Microsoft directly via
| > (e-mail address removed). Put Outlook in the subject line.
| >
| > I use Hotmail and the Outlook Connector, but I have Outlook as my
default
| > profile, not Hotmail. This may very well be the difference I see in the
| > behaviors.
| >
| >
| > --Â
| > 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 Freibrun asked:
| >
| > | You are correct with respect to an Outlook calendar that is NOT
| > | synced to an MSN or Hotmail server-based calendar that is the primary
| > | calendar in Outlook. Reminders can be set for any time. However, if
| > | one syncs Outlook to one's MSN account, e.g., to enable e-mail and
| > | one's calendar to be accessible from anywhere - and one makes that
| > | the primary account in Outlook - reminders in the calendar cannot be
| > | set more than 2 weeks in advance. The error message says, "Reminders
| > | cannot be set more than 2 weeks in advance" when I set an appointment
| > | on my MSN/Hotmail synced calendar for greater than 2 weeks in
| > | advance. I suspect MS's reason for this limitation is to save
| > | server space. So, the price to be paid for the convenience of having
| > | an online calendar (thru MSN or Hotmail) accessible anywhere in the
| > | world and through Outlook, is that one loses the ability to set the
| > | calendar reminders more than 2 weeks in advance. As I said, a huge
| > | diminution in functionality.
| > |
| > | This is my first time on this forum. My goal is to get MS to address
| > | this limitation in functionality. Perhaps I should address this in
| > | the MSN forum. Thanks, Eric
| > |
| > | "Milly Staples [MVP - Outlook]" wrote:
| > |
| > || No, they did not remove something, just did not do a very good job of
| > || documenting the reminder abilities.
| > ||
| > || You can use natural language to achieve any reminder interval you
| > || want. If you want one for 6 weeks, simply type 6w and arrow out of
| > || the reminder window. You can do this for hours, days, weeks,
| > || months, etc. You can even set one for Next Christmas and the
| > || reminder will be set for December 25.
| > ||
| > ||
| > || --ÂÂ
| > || 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 Freibrun asked:
| > ||
| > ||| Judy, with all due respect, Microsoft has removed very important
| > ||| functionality from Outlook by preventing server-based calendar users
| > ||| (those syncing to MSN or Hotmail calendar) from setting reminders
| > ||| more than 2 weeks in advance. I think Microsoft should be
| > ||| encouraged to bring back this functionality rather than users
| > ||| having to develop workarounds. One can set a custom reminder date
| > ||| in Outlook that's desktop (not server) based. The same
| > ||| functionality should be in the server-based calendar. Regards, Eric
| > |||
| > ||| "Judy Gleeson" wrote:
| > |||
| > |||| How about the To Do's you speak of are made into Tasks? Then set
| > |||| your start date for when you need to get started on them. Reminders
| > |||| are just another interruption. Less of those is always better!
| > |||| Work from a prioritised and scheduled plan and you'll perform more
| > |||| effectively.
| > ||||
| > |||| Make a new category for each file and then all Tasks about that
| > |||| file can be seen together (using Group By function in the Tasks
| > |||| folder). You can even see them on a Timeline. Using Reminders to
| > |||| manage your work is a pretty poor way of coping with workflow
| > |||| planning, management and reporting on completed work - Tasks are
| > |||| the thing to use for work to do.
| > ||||
| > ||||
| > |||| Judy Gleeson
| > |||| Acorn Training and Consulting
| > |||| "we're nuts about Outlook"
| > ||||
| > |||| see what Outlook training can do to improve productivity:
| > ||||
www.acorntraining.com.au/pdfdocs/ProductivITwithOutlook.pps
| > ||||
| > ||||
www.acorntraining.com.au/productivit.htm
| > ||||
| > ||||
| > ||||
| > |||| ???????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????>
| > |||| With my Outlook calendar in Outlook 2003 synced to my MSN/Hotmail
| > |||| calendar
| > ||||| through Outlook Connector, the system will not enable reminders of
| > ||||| appointments to be set more than 2 weeks in advance. This is a
| > ||||| huge hole in functionality. Many professionals, e.g., lawyers,
| > ||||| need to be reminded of court filing and other deadlines more than
| > ||||| 2 weeks in advance. For example, I sometimes need to know in some
| > ||||| cases at least a year in advance that I need to start thinking
| > ||||| about various to-do's or deadlines. I made my desktop Outlook
| > ||||| calendar server-based on MSN to be able to take advantage of the
| > ||||| syncronization functionality. But losing the ability to set
| > ||||| reminders at any date I choose in advance is a huge price to pay
| > ||||| for this. Please, please, please enable this functionality.
| > |||||
| > ||||| Thank you,
| > |||||
| > ||||| E. Freibrun
| > ||||| Northbrook, IL
| >
| >
| >
