Entourage 2004 & Internet iCal Entries From Lotus Notes

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The Gordian Knot

Something has changed between Entourage X and Entourage 2004. When a Lotus
Notes user invites me to a meeting, I would get the standard
³Accept/Decline² etc. options in Entourage X. However, in Entourage 2004,
they come through as plain text, no options, just with an *.ics attachment.

Nothing has changed in my Domino/Notes environment, and Entourage 2004 seems
to process other iCal messages properly. Here are the permutations I¹ve
tested:
Entourage X to Notes ­ OK
Entourage X to Entourage 2004 ­ OK
Entourage X to Outlook 2003 - OK
Entourage 2004 to Notes ­ OK
Entourage 2004 to Entourage X ­ OK
Entourage 2004 to Outlook 2003 ­ OK
Lotus Notes to Entourage X ­ OK
Lotus Notes to Entourage 2004 ­ NO
Lotus Notes to Outlook ­ OK
Outlook 2003 to Lotus Notes ­ OK

I find that VERY odd. I had an agent that always forwarded my Lotus Notes
invitations to Entourage, so I could keep them both synced. The kludge is
you can open the ics file, and Entourage will place it on your Calendar;
however, you won¹t know if you have a conflict, or when any updates come in,
etc.

I wonder what broke between Entourage X and 2004...?
 
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