I am trying to send meeting messages out to the others in my office. When
they receive these they are in HTML text instead of a meeting format. I am
using a new version of Outlook - they are all oon 2000.
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.

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>I am trying to send meeting messages out to the others in my office. When
> they receive these they are in HTML text instead of a meeting format. I am
> using a new version of Outlook - they are all oon 2000.
Laura - 18 Jul 2006 19:05 GMT
I seem to receive their calendar appointments fine - it is only when I send
meetings to them that there is a problem and they receive them as text
messages.
> 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:
>
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> > they receive these they are in HTML text instead of a meeting format. I am
> > using a new version of Outlook - they are all oon 2000.
Sue Mosher [MVP-Outlook] - 18 Jul 2006 19:43 GMT
That's why you as the sender or they as the recipient have to take the steps indicated below.

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Sue Mosher, Outlook MVP
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and Microsoft Outlook Programming - Jumpstart for
Administrators, Power Users, and Developers
http://www.outlookcode.com/jumpstart.aspx
>I seem to receive their calendar appointments fine - it is only when I send
> meetings to them that there is a problem and they receive them as text
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>> -- Tell the senders to send to you in native Outlook meeting request (RTF) format, not as iCal.
>>
>> >I am trying to send meeting messages out to the others in my office. When
>> > they receive these they are in HTML text instead of a meeting format. I am
>> > using a new version of Outlook - they are all oon 2000.