Responses to meeting changes: why cancelling then sending newinvites?

[Boppy]

Hi again, my colleagues are getting annoyed that whenever I make a
change to an appointment, they get updates. Even if the change is
extending it by half an hour, or changing the spelling of the subject
or venue.

But even more annoyingly, when I change the time of appointment, they
all receive a cancellation, then eventually a new meeting invitation
arrives for the same event. This puts them into a panic.

I am using Outlook 2007. They are all using 02 and 03.Some updates I
want them to have, but I'd like to choose when to send and when not.
Currently I only get this choice when making very minor changes.

Grateful thanks in advance to anyone who can tell me how I can tell
Outlook who is boss!

Cheers,
Jo

 

[Diane Poremsky [MVP]]

Any time you make changes to the body, you should be given the choice of
save and don't send updates or send updates. If you aren't, are you using
the Live Maps add-in? It messes things up. If you restart outlook between
sending a meeting and editing it, the edits should save as expected. Else,
hit cancel, click Save, choose keep open option, click X to close and choose
don't save and close. I like to repeat this step twice since occasionally
the content is gone when I restart outlook - it seems to work.

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[Boppy]

Any time you make changes to the body, you should be given the choice of
save and don't send updates or send updates. If you aren't, are you using
the Live Maps add-in? It messes things up. If you restart outlook between
sending a meeting and editing it, the edits should save as expected. Else,
hit cancel, click Save, choose keep open option, click X to close and choose
don't save and close. I like to repeat this step twice since occasionally
the content is gone when I restart outlook - it seems to work.

--
Diane Poremsky [MVP - Outlook]
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Hi again, my colleagues are getting annoyed that whenever I make a
change to an appointment, they get updates. Even if the change is
extending it by half an hour, or changing the spelling of the subject
or venue.

But even more annoyingly, when I change the time of appointment, they
all receive a cancellation, then eventually a new meeting invitation
arrives for the same event. This puts them into a panic.

I am using Outlook 2007. They are all using 02 and 03.Some updates I
want them to have, but I'd like to choose when to send and when not.
Currently I only get this choice when making very minor changes.

Grateful thanks in advance to anyone who can tell me how I can tell
Outlook who is boss!

Cheers,
Jo

Hi Diane, thanks for your reply. The real issue is the fact that when
I change the time of the an appointment - eg extend it by 20 minutes,
this causes a cancellation message to be sent out. Can this be
stopped, or just sent out as an update, not cancellation?

No, I'm not using Live Maps.

Regards,
Jo

 

[Diane Poremsky [MVP]]

Hm. It should be sending an update, not a cancellation. How are you making
the change? Is it a recurring meeting?

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Any time you make changes to the body, you should be given the choice of
save and don't send updates or send updates. If you aren't, are you using
the Live Maps add-in? It messes things up. If you restart outlook between
sending a meeting and editing it, the edits should save as expected.
Else,
hit cancel, click Save, choose keep open option, click X to close and
choose
don't save and close. I like to repeat this step twice since occasionally
the content is gone when I restart outlook - it seems to work.

--
Diane Poremsky [MVP - Outlook]
Outlook Tips:http://www.outlook-tips.net/
Outlook & Exchange Solutions Center:http://www.slipstick.com

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Hi again, my colleagues are getting annoyed that whenever I make a
change to an appointment, they get updates. Even if the change is
extending it by half an hour, or changing the spelling of the subject
or venue.

But even more annoyingly, when I change the time of appointment, they
all receive a cancellation, then eventually a new meeting invitation
arrives for the same event. This puts them into a panic.

I am using Outlook 2007. They are all using 02 and 03.Some updates I
want them to have, but I'd like to choose when to send and when not.
Currently I only get this choice when making very minor changes.

Grateful thanks in advance to anyone who can tell me how I can tell
Outlook who is boss!

Cheers,
Jo

Hi Diane, thanks for your reply. The real issue is the fact that when
I change the time of the an appointment - eg extend it by 20 minutes,
this causes a cancellation message to be sent out. Can this be
stopped, or just sent out as an update, not cancellation?

No, I'm not using Live Maps.

Regards,
Jo

 

[Boppy]

Hm. It should be sending an update, not a cancellation. How are you making
the change? Is it a recurring meeting?

Yes, exactly. No, not a recurring meeting. I am using a product called
Syncmycal but I can't see how that would affect meeting updates.

 

[Diane Poremsky [MVP]]

Oh. Yeah, syncing tools can cause problems with meeting requests.

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