meeting requests seens as text message

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gaskillfamily

For years I have been unable to accept meeting request from family or
work computers. They are always seen as a text message. I can send
them meetings, they can accept/decline, but their response is also
received as a text message. I assumed that it was because they had
Office XP & I still had Office 2000. I recently tried (& removed) an
upgrade to Office 2003, but that did not fix the problem.

all request are received/sent over the internet

Per past postings:
No reminders checked
iCal unchecked on mine & theirs
I cleared my forms cache
I have SP-1, SP-2 & SP-3 installed

Outlook 2000 SP-3 9.0.0.6627, IMO - Security Update
Windows XP Pro ver 2, SP 2002

thanks
 
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gaskillfamily

Just checked, meeting requests sent from my kids' computer, also with
Outlook 2000, are seen as a calendar appointment in my OL 2000.
 
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Vince Averello [MVP-Outlook]

If you switch to using iCal on machines does it fix anything? iCal
appointments traverse the Internet 'better' than Outlook native ones due
(RTF issues & such)
 
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gaskillfamily

husband is on network and iCal is greyed out in his options, so he can
not change. Changing mine to iCal has no effect.
 
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Vince Averello [MVP-Outlook]

What does the text you receive from others look like? Is it an iCal?
 
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gaskillfamily

I'm not sure?

It just comes as a message: If I send out a meeting request, it looks
like a calendar appt to the recipient & they can accept/deny like
normal.
Any meeting requests sent to me or deny/accepts sent to me come in an
email (does not have the calendar icon in the Inbox) and look like
below.

"Subject: Test

When: Monday, January 09, 2006 9:30 PM-10:00 PM (GMT-06:00) Central
Time (US & Canada).
Where:

*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*"
 
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Vince Averello [MVP-Outlook]

Hmmm, that's not an iCal message.

Send me an invite to something. I'm curious how it comes across.
 
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gaskillfamily

I guessed at your full email & sent to test appointments. One with
iCal, one w/o. When I sent test appointments to others earlier in
iCal, the recipients did not receive an appt. as before, they too
received a text email.

Please let me know if you do not receive. Thanks.
 
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Vince Averello [MVP-Outlook]

I got both and they looked like meeting requests. One from 2-2:30 and one
from 2:30-3:00. I'm accepting them now. See what makes its way back to you
 
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gaskillfamily

O.K. Yours came back as an appt.

I downloaded SP1-3 & cleared the cache on Sun. I only ran a test with
my husband. I just checked with my office (OLXP). It works with
theirs now, too.

Still does not work with my husbands OLXP. I still get text messages
from him, although he gets appts from me. I will investigate the
setting on his computer & network. Thanks for your help.
 
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Brian Tillman

Still does not work with my husbands OLXP. I still get text messages
from him, although he gets appts from me. I will investigate the
setting on his computer & network. Thanks for your help.
Click to expand...

Is he adding your name as a recipient from his Contacts? If so, have him
open your Contacts record and double-click on the email address. Examine
the drop-down at the bottom of that window. If it shows "Send plain text
only", that's the problem.
 
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