Calendars in OL2003/OL2000

morning, all. i'm using OL2000 (IMO) on WinXP Pro at home and we've
just upgraded to OL2003 (Exchange) on Win2K Pro at work. prior to the
upgrade we were using OL2000 (IMO at work. also prior to the upgrade
i was using a decidely low-tech method of keeping the two calendars in
sync. i simply invited myself to any calendar event originated at
either end. i use this method asthe calendar sharing never worked
properly. this method worked exceedingly well until the upgrade.

now, when i send myself a calendar invitation from work to my personal
persona at home OL2000 sees it as a regular e-mail message and not as
a calendar invitation. there is no accept/decline button.

there must be an option somewhere that i have not checked or should
un-check but i can't seem to find the right combination. can i
continue to use this low-tech way of keeping my two calendars in sync
or are these two calendars incompatible?

rich

Rich wrote:
morning, all. i'm using OL2000 (IMO) on WinXP Pro at home and we've
just upgraded to OL2003 (Exchange) on Win2K Pro at work. prior to the
upgrade we were using OL2000 (IMO at work. also prior to the upgrade
i was using a decidely low-tech method of keeping the two calendars in
sync. i simply invited myself to any calendar event originated at
either end. i use this method asthe calendar sharing never worked
properly. this method worked exceedingly well until the upgrade.

now, when i send myself a calendar invitation from work to my personal
persona at home OL2000 sees it as a regular e-mail message and not as
a calendar invitation. there is no accept/decline button.

there must be an option somewhere that i have not checked or should
un-check but i can't seem to find the right combination. can i
continue to use this low-tech way of keeping my two calendars in sync
or are these two calendars incompatible?

rich

What message format are you sending in, from work?
Do you not have OWA access so you can see your work calendar from home? That
might be easier.

On Mon, 31 Jan 2005 10:21:20 -0500, "Lanwench [MVP - Exchange]"
ahoo.com wrote:

Rich wrote:
morning, all. i'm using OL2000 (IMO) on WinXP Pro at home and we've
just upgraded to OL2003 (Exchange) on Win2K Pro at work. prior to the
upgrade we were using OL2000 (IMO at work. also prior to the upgrade
i was using a decidely low-tech method of keeping the two calendars in
sync. i simply invited myself to any calendar event originated at
either end. i use this method asthe calendar sharing never worked
properly. this method worked exceedingly well until the upgrade.

now, when i send myself a calendar invitation from work to my personal
persona at home OL2000 sees it as a regular e-mail message and not as
a calendar invitation. there is no accept/decline button.

there must be an option somewhere that i have not checked or should
un-check but i can't seem to find the right combination. can i
continue to use this low-tech way of keeping my two calendars in sync
or are these two calendars incompatible?

rich

What message format are you sending in, from work?
Do you not have OWA access so you can see your work calendar from home? That
might be easier.


i've tried sending calendar invites as icalendar and not and neither
works. and yes, i can see my calendar from home but i prefer to have
events residing in my calendar here for the alarms, etc.

i had this working when we were using OL2K at work but since the
upgrade it has been a problem. are the two versions incompatible?

rich

Rich wrote:
On Mon, 31 Jan 2005 10:21:20 -0500, "Lanwench [MVP - Exchange]"
ahoo.com wrote:

Rich wrote:
morning, all. i'm using OL2000 (IMO) on WinXP Pro at home and we've
just upgraded to OL2003 (Exchange) on Win2K Pro at work. prior to
the upgrade we were using OL2000 (IMO at work. also prior to the
upgrade i was using a decidely low-tech method of keeping the two
calendars in sync. i simply invited myself to any calendar event
originated at either end. i use this method asthe calendar sharing
never worked properly. this method worked exceedingly well until
the upgrade.

now, when i send myself a calendar invitation from work to my
personal persona at home OL2000 sees it as a regular e-mail message
and not as a calendar invitation. there is no accept/decline
button.

there must be an option somewhere that i have not checked or should
un-check but i can't seem to find the right combination. can i
continue to use this low-tech way of keeping my two calendars in
sync or are these two calendars incompatible?

rich

What message format are you sending in, from work?
Do you not have OWA access so you can see your work calendar from
home? That might be easier.


i've tried sending calendar invites as icalendar and not and neither
works. and yes, i can see my calendar from home but i prefer to have
events residing in my calendar here for the alarms, etc.

i had this working when we were using OL2K at work but since the
upgrade it has been a problem. are the two versions incompatible?

rich

Shouldn't be any difference that I can think of. Have you talked to your
Exchange admins?

On Tue, 1 Feb 2005 20:14:10 -0500, "Lanwench [MVP - Exchange]"
ahoo.com wrote:



Shouldn't be any difference that I can think of. Have you talked to your
Exchange admins?


yup. same answer. i am really puzzled. its gotta be something
simple.

rich

On Wed, 02 Feb 2005 12:52:47 GMT, Rich
wrote:


well, i've determined that if i FORWARD a calendar event using the
icalendar format it appears in my home e-mail as an invitation that i
can accept or decline. what would be the difference between an
original invitation and a forwarded invitation???

rich

None, if you didn't changeany of the information.

--
Sue Mosher, Outlook MVP
Author of
Microsoft Outlook Programming - Jumpstart for
Administrators, Power Users, and Developers
http://www.outlookcode.com/jumpstart.aspx


"Rich" wrote in message
...
On Wed, 02 Feb 2005 12:52:47 GMT, Rich
wrote:


well, i've determined that if i FORWARD a calendar event using the
icalendar format it appears in my home e-mail as an invitation that i
can accept or decline. what would be the difference between an
original invitation and a forwarded invitation???

rich

On Thu, 3 Feb 2005 07:26:14 -0500, "Sue Mosher [MVP-Outlook]"
wrote:

None, if you didn't changeany of the information.

that's what i thought..but if i include my home e-mail in the original
calendar invite it shows up as a regular e-mail message. i have to
forward it to my home e-mail in order to be able to accept/decline.
its gotta be a problem at the work end of things but i cannot for the
life of me think of what it might be.

rich

Please provide a more detailed description of your work enviroment --
Outlook version, mail server.

Also note: The newsgroup interface you are using apparently does not quote
earlier messages in the thread, making your latest message so short on
detail that you risk not getting the answer you're looking for. Please take
the time to quote the original message.

--
Sue Mosher, Outlook MVP
Author of
Microsoft Outlook Programming - Jumpstart for
Administrators, Power Users, and Developers
http://www.outlookcode.com/jumpstart.aspx


"Rich" wrote in message
...
On Thu, 3 Feb 2005 07:26:14 -0500, "Sue Mosher [MVP-Outlook]"
wrote:

None, if you didn't changeany of the information.

that's what i thought..but if i include my home e-mail in the original
calendar invite it shows up as a regular e-mail message. i have to
forward it to my home e-mail in order to be able to accept/decline.
its gotta be a problem at the work end of things but i cannot for the
life of me think of what it might be.

rich

On Thu, 3 Feb 2005 08:04:44 -0500, "Sue Mosher [MVP-Outlook]"
wrote:

Please provide a more detailed description of your work enviroment --
Outlook version, mail server.

Also note: The newsgroup interface you are using apparently does not quote
earlier messages in the thread, making your latest message so short on
detail that you risk not getting the answer you're looking for. Please take
the time to quote the original message.

sue, i've been trying to keep each reply message short so i've been
manually editing out all of the previous stuff in each new message.
sorry if that's been confusing.

this is my original post:

morning, all. i'm using OL2000 (IMO) on WinXP Pro at home and we've
just upgraded to OL2003 (Exchange) on Win2K Pro at work. prior to the
upgrade we were using OL2000 (IMO at work. also prior to the upgrade
i was using a decidely low-tech method of keeping the two calendars in
sync. i simply invited myself to any calendar event originated at
either end. i use this method asthe calendar sharing never worked
properly. this method worked exceedingly well until the upgrade.

now, when i send myself a calendar invitation from work to my personal
persona at home OL2000 sees it as a regular e-mail message and not as
a calendar invitation. there is no accept/decline button.

there must be an option somewhere that i have not checked or should
un-check but i can't seem to find the right combination. can i
continue to use this low-tech way of keeping my two calendars in sync
or are these two calendars incompatible?

outlook at home is OL2000 running on WinXP Pro SP1. Outlook at work
is OL2003 running on Win2K Professional. The mail server at work is
OL Exchange Server Enterprise.

prior to the recent change at work to OL Exchange we were on POP but
still using OL2003. at that time i would invite my home e-mail
address to calendar events i created at work when i arrived home i
was able to accept the calendar invitation which resulted in the
meeting being placed on my OL2000 calendar. the reverse was also
true. if i created a calendar event at home i would invite my work
e-mail address, etc. i chose this method of keeping the two calendars
in sync because the shared calendar never worked right. this low-tech
method has worked flawlessly for over a year.

then we upgraded to MS Exchange Server and suddenly calendar
invitations sent from work to home arrive as regular e-mail, not
calendar invitations. but calendar invitations from home to work
still arrive at work as calendar invitations. its just the
work==home path that doesn't work. and yes, i have tried checking
the icalendar box in calendar options at work with no luck.

i have discovered that if i FORWARD an existing calendar event using
the icalendar format to my home e-mail, a calendar invitation arrives
as an attachment to the e-mail. when i open the attachment i can
accept the invitation and the calendar event is placed on my home
OL2000 calendar.

i'm perplexed. my gut tells me that there is some simple setting on
one or both ends that i'm missing but for the life of me i can't
imagine what it is. the IT guy at works tells me what's happening
shouldn't be happening and he is puzzled too.

what thoughts do you have about this? what other information can i
provide to assist you with this?

rich