Other people can’t read my Outlook meeting invitations
I run a mailing list for my football club and I’ve started using Outlook to send invites for meetings and events. The people who don’t use Outlook are complaining they can’t read the invites. How do I fix this?
The problem is the format Microsoft Outlook uses for invites. The industry standard is iCalendar which applications like GroupWise and Google Calendar can read, however Outlook uses its own format which most other programs can’t read.
Outlook 2003 and 2007 will allow you to change the setting so you can send the calendar invitations.
Open Outlook and click Tools, Options then select the Preference tab. Click the Calendar Options button and tick the box alongside “When sending meeting requests over the Internet, use iCalendar format”.
Click okay and the problem should be resolved.
Note that people using older versions of Outlook may not be able read iCalendar invites and Outlook Express doesn’t support calendars at all.
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April 29th, 2010 at 2:59 am
The option click on box alongside “When sending meeting requests over the Internet, use iCalendar format” is not available. Help