Meeting requests appearing as text

[ChrisW (MCP)]

Hi All,

I've googled this problem a lot and not found anything useful. We have a
client workstation running XP and Outlook 2003 that finds when they send
meeting requests it just comes through as text, not a normal meeting request
where you can click accept decline etc. I have sent test messages from his
machine to myself (external) and I am also running XP with Outlook 2003.
I have found a workaround - when setting up the meeting, go to actions ->
forward as ical. But the user shouldnt have to do this should they. Any
suggestions?

Cheers
Chris

 

[Oliver Vukovics]

Hi

have a look on this site:

Fixing problems with your Outlook messages
http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/outlook/HA010347811033.aspx

and search on this site for:

"I sent a meeting request over the Internet, but the recipient received a
regular message."

Maybe it helps.

 

[ChrisW (MCP)]

I'll see if I can change the sending format to RTF instead of HTMl but im
sure ive sent meeting requests fine before and im sending as HTML. Also, are
there any drawbacks to using RTF instead of HTML to send messages?

 

[Oliver Vukovics]

Dear Chris,

...sure ive sent meeting requests fine before and im sending as HTML.

What can I tell you?

Microsoft write on the website, it is only possible as RTF format. You say
that it works also as HTML in the past on your system.

I would change the format to HTML and I would invest the money for a support
question to Microsoft to tell me how does it work in HTML format.

Also, are there any drawbacks to using RTF instead of HTML to send
messages?

What do you mean with drawbacks?

It is another format, so some function that were supported in HTML are not
supported, but you get other functions like functionable meeting requests.

What is RTF format?:
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/...8D-FF06-4207-B476-6B5396A18A2B&displaylang=en

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rich_Text_Format

http://interglacial.com/rtf/

Maybe it helps.