Outlook 2000: One Way Sharing of Calendar using Net Folder

[Mark Hinch]

Folks:

I'm having an odd sort of one-way net folder experience in
trying to share a calendar. I see hints of this in other
netnews articles, but never a clear resolution. I'm hoping
this is a well-known problem/fix.

Here is the configuration:

PC 1 (aka BOSS)
windows 2000
outlook 2000
mail: pop3 from UNIX box -- no exchange server account
for this machine
net folders loaded via Microsoft Office Setup
ASSISTANT has a "Contacts" entry on this machine that
is coded as "Always Send RTF"

PC 2 (aka ASSISTANT)
windows 2000
outlook 2000
mail: from exchange server
net folders loaded
BOSS address is derived from ???, but probably from some
kind of Exchange address book. RTF status is unknown.

Now, here is the symptom:
- normal mail can be echanged between BOSS and ASSISTANT
- setup/invitations/... all apparently work correctly
- a BOSS calendar is created on ASSISTANT PC. It is initially
empty and remains empty (days later).
- BOSS calendar (and updates) cannot be seen on ASSISTANT PC
- if ASSISTANT makes calendar entry, it IS propogated to BOSS PC
- ethereal on BOSS PC shows mail going from BOSS PC to ASSISTANT PC
when an update is made

I infer that ASSISTANT PC is receiving the net folder mail from
BOSS PC, but is not acting on it. Conversly, BOSS PC is receiving
mail from ASSISTANT PC and IS working on it. (Because of the later,
I assume that ASSISTANT is sending stuff to BOSS in RTF.)

In the back of my mind I wonder if having one PC on Exchange and
the other on not is causing a problem. But I'm not really familiar
enough with Exchange to know how it might be in the middle of
all this.

BTW - before you ask, the owner of BOSS PC (me) is quite insistent
on continuing to get his mail via UNIX and is unwilling to move to
Exchange.

Thanks in advance.