Response buttons missing in my meeting request emails in Outlook 2

[Guest]

Whe meeting requests arrive in Outlook the accept, declined, ... buttons are
missing. I just get a request that looks like a text message.

Anyone know how to fix this? Help , thanks very much.

Pete

 

[Nikki]

If you use Outlook 2002 and exchange meeting requests with someone
outside your Exchange organization who uses Outlook 2000, you need to
be aware of an obscure interoperability problem related to appointment
reminders. By default, Outlook 2002 uses the iCalendar standard to
send a meeting request to Internet recipients. If the request includes
a reminder, an Outlook 2000 recipient will see the raw iCalendar
format instead of the Accept, Decline, and Tentative buttons
associated with Outlook meeting requests. The solution is to omit the
reminder from the meeting request and Update your software to the most
recent Service Pack available on the Microsoft Update page.

Nikki Peterson