Trouble receiving vCalendar files generated in Lotus Notes

G

GDW

I am using Outlook 2003

I am doing some work for a company who use Lotus Notes. When they send me
meeting informaiton, instead of it appearing as an iCal or vCal attachment, I
just see lots of (what I presume to be) encoded text in the message body
section of the email.

Is there any way to configure outlook to handle these emails properly?
 
M

Milly Staples [MVP - Outlook]

Is the sender using RTF for the item when sending? Once it reaches Outlook, it is too late to do anything about the message. This should be something that the sender controls.

--
Milly Staples [MVP - Outlook]

Post all replies to the group to keep the discussion intact. All
unsolicited mail sent to my personal account will be deleted without
reading.

After furious head scratching, GDW asked:

| I am using Outlook 2003
|
| I am doing some work for a company who use Lotus Notes. When they
| send me meeting informaiton, instead of it appearing as an iCal or
| vCal attachment, I just see lots of (what I presume to be) encoded
| text in the message body section of the email.
|
| Is there any way to configure outlook to handle these emails properly?
 
G

GDW

I don't know - here's the message in full:



-----Original Message-----
From: (e-mail address removed)
[mailto:[email protected]]
Sent: 17 November 2006 12:44
To: (e-mail address removed);
(e-mail address removed);
(e-mail address removed); (e-mail address removed);
(e-mail address removed); (e-mail address removed);
(e-mail address removed); (e-mail address removed);
(e-mail address removed)
Subject: Invitation: AFP Wiebull Workshop (29 Nov 09:30 GMT in Esholt Hall -
YW Learning Centre)

Return-Path: <[email protected]>
Received: from rly-yj01.mx.aol.com (rly-yj01.mail.aol.com [172.18.180.139])
by air-yj01.mail.aol.com (v114.2) with ESMTP id MAILINYJ13-7f0455dae948a;
Fri, 17 Nov 2006 07:44:52 -0500
Received: from yorkshirewater.co.uk (mail.yorkshirewater.co.uk
[195.92.47.5]) by rly-yj01.mx.aol.com (v114.2) with ESMTP id
MAILRELAYINYJ14-7f0455dae948a; Fri, 17 Nov 2006 07:44:05 -0500
Received: from ([10.1.16.2])
by ironmail.yorkshirewater.co.uk with SMTP id 5202416.9251606;
Fri, 17 Nov 2006 12:43:52 0000
X-Notes-Item: 1;
name=$PublicAccess
X-Notes-Item: CN=Martin Kirbitson/OU=Capital Development/OU=YWS/O=Yorkshire
Water; name=AltChair
X-Notes-Item: ;
name=$LangChair
X-Notes-Item: CN=Martin Kirbitson/OU=Capital Development/OU=YWS/O=Yorkshire
Water; name=$AltPrincipal
X-Notes-Item: ;
name=$LangPrincipal
X-Notes-Item: 1;
name=$SMTPKeepNotesItems
X-Notes-Item: 1;
name=WebDateTimeInit
X-Notes-Item: Wed, 29 Nov 2006 17:00:00 +0000; type=400; name=$NoPurge
X-Notes-Item: Send Request by Notes Client on Martin Kirbitson/Capital
Development/YWS/Yorkshire Water(Release 6.5.4|March 27
=?US-ASCII?Q?=2C_2005=29_at_17=2F11=2F2006_12=3A43=3A50?=,
Prepare Request by Notes Client on Martin Kirbitson/Capital
Development/YWS/Yorkshire Water(Release 6.5.4|March 27
=?US-ASCII?Q?=2C_2005=29_at_17=2F11=2F2006_12=3A43=3A50?=,
CS Notice converted to iCalendar format by Router on LNG002/Yorkshire
Water(Release 6.5.3|September 14
=?US-ASCII?Q?=2C_2004=29_at_17=2F11=2F2006_12=3A43=3A52?=;
type=501; name=$CSTrack
X-Notes-Item: Anna Taylor/Procurement & Capital Investment/YWS/Yorkshire
Water@NotesMail,
Christina Blackburn/Waste Water/YWS/Yorkshire Water@NotesMail,
Colin Rutland/Production&Technology/YWS/Yorkshire Water@NotesMail,
David Fenton/IT/Yorkshire Water@NotesMail,
(e-mail address removed)@aol.com,
Kevin Plumb/Contract Services/YWS/Yorkshire Water@NotesMail,
Michael Wynn/Waste Water/YWS/Yorkshire Water@NotesMail,
Steve Iredale/Operations/YWS/Yorkshire Water@NotesMail,
(e-mail address removed);
type=501; flags=44; name=REQUIREDATTENDEES
X-Notes-Item: Fri, 17 Nov 2006 12:43:51 +0000; type=400; name=OriginalModTime
X-Notes-Item: J;
name=$WebFlags
X-Notes-Item: 3;
name=$ExpandGroups
X-Notes-Item: stdNotesLtr0;
name=Logo
X-Notes-Item: 1;
name=MailOptions
X-Notes-Item: 0;
name=Sign
Subject: Invitation: AFP Wiebull Workshop (29 Nov 09:30 GMT in Esholt Hall -
YW Learning Centre)
X-Notes-Item: Esholt Hall - YW Learning Centre; name=Location
X-Notes-Item: ;
name=Alarms
X-Notes-Item: ;
name=Categories
X-Notes-Item: ;
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X-Notes-Item: ;
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X-Notes-Item: 1;
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X-Notes-Item: ;
name=tmpOEMClient
X-Notes-Item: 1;
name=CheckedOK
To: (e-mail address removed),
(e-mail address removed),
(e-mail address removed),
(e-mail address removed),
(e-mail address removed), (e-mail address removed),
(e-mail address removed),
(e-mail address removed),
(e-mail address removed)
X-Notes-Item: CN=Anna Taylor/OU=Procurement & Capital
Investment/OU=YWS/O=Yorkshire Water@NotesMail,
CN=Christina Blackburn/OU=Waste Water/OU=YWS/O=Yorkshire Water@NotesMail,
CN=Colin Rutland/OU=Production&Technology/OU=YWS/O=Yorkshire
Water@NotesMail,
CN=David Fenton/OU=IT/O=Yorkshire Water@NotesMail,
(e-mail address removed)@aol.com,
CN=Kevin Plumb/OU=Contract Services/OU=YWS/O=Yorkshire Water@NotesMail,
CN=Michael Wynn/OU=Waste Water/OU=YWS/O=Yorkshire Water@NotesMail,
CN=Steve Iredale/OU=Operations/OU=YWS/O=Yorkshire Water@NotesMail,
.;
type=501; flags=45; name=OriginalTo
X-Notes-Item: ;
flags=45; name=INetCopyTo
X-Notes-Item: ;
flags=44; name=INetBlindCopyTo
X-Notes-Item: 0,
.,
.,
.,
.,
.,
.,
.,
.;
type=501; name=$StorageTo
X-Mailer: Lotus Notes Release 6.5.4 March 27, 2005
Message-ID:
<OFCEC7C6EB.77E1241D-ON80257229.0045B4BA-80257229.0045EEC3@yorkshirewater.co
..uk>
From: (e-mail address removed)
Date: Fri, 17 Nov 2006 12:43:54 +0000
X-Notes-Item: ;
name=Encrypt
X-Notes-Item: CN=LNS021/O=Yorkshire Water; type=501; flags=44;
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X-Notes-Item: CN=LNS021/O=Yorkshire Water; type=501; flags=0;
name=RouteServers
X-Notes-Item: 17-Nov-2006 12:43:50 GMT/17-Nov-2006 12:43:51 GMT; type=401;
flags=0; name=RouteTimes
X-Notes-Item: 0;
name=$MsgTrackFlags
X-Notes-Item: (e-mail address removed); name=FromDomain
X-Notes-Item: 24;
type=300; name=$Hops
MIME-Version: 1.0
X-Notes-Item: Memo;
name=Form
X-Notes-Item: 1;
name=$NoteContainsIcal
X-Notes-Item: 1;
name=$NoteHasNativeMIME
X-Notes-Item: CN=Martin Kirbitson/OU=Capital Development/OU=YWS/O=Yorkshire
Water; name=OriginalFrom
X-MIMETrack: Serialize by Router on LNG002/Yorkshire Water(Release
6.5.3|September 14, 2004) at
17/11/2006 12:43:52,
Serialize complete at 17/11/2006 12:43:52
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X-AOL-IP: 195.92.47.5

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Content-Type: text/html;
charset="US-ASCII"
Content-Disposition: inline

<html><body><b><font size="2">Description</font></b> <p><br> </body></html>


<HTML><BODY></BODY></HTML>

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Content-Type: text/calendar;
charset="UTF-8";
method="REQUEST"

BEGIN:VCALENDAR
X-LOTUS-CHARSET:UTF-8
VERSION:2.0
PRODID:-//Lotus Development Corporation//NONSGML Notes 6.0//EN
METHOD:REQUEST BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART:20061129T093000Z DTEND:20061129T170000Z
TRANSP:OPAQUE DTSTAMP:20061117T124354Z SEQUENCE:0
ATTENDEE;ROLE=CHAIR;PARTSTAT=ACCEPTED
;CN="Martin Kirbitson/Capital Development/YWS/Yorkshire Water"
;RSVP=FALSE:mailto:[email protected]
ATTENDEE;ROLE=REQ-PARTICIPANT;PARTSTAT=NEEDS-ACTION
;CN="Anna Taylor/Procurement & Capital Investment/YWS/Yorkshire Water"
;RSVP=TRUE
:mailto:Anna_Taylor/Procurement_&_Capital_Investment/YWS/Yorkshire_Wat
(e-mail address removed)
ATTENDEE;ROLE=REQ-PARTICIPANT;PARTSTAT=NEEDS-ACTION
;CN="Christina Blackburn/Waste Water/YWS/Yorkshire Water";RSVP=TRUE
:mailto:Christina_Blackburn/Waste_Water/YWS/[email protected]
kshirewater.co.uk
ATTENDEE;ROLE=REQ-PARTICIPANT;PARTSTAT=NEEDS-ACTION
;CN="Colin Rutland/Production&Technology/YWS/Yorkshire Water"
;RSVP=TRUE
:mailto:Colin_Rutland/Production&Technology/YWS/Yorkshire_Water@lng002
.yorkshirewater.co.uk
ATTENDEE;ROLE=REQ-PARTICIPANT;PARTSTAT=NEEDS-ACTION
;CN="David Fenton/IT/Yorkshire Water";RSVP=TRUE
:mailto:David_Fenton/IT/[email protected]
ATTENDEE;ROLE=REQ-PARTICIPANT;PARTSTAT=NEEDS-ACTION;CN="geoffdwood"
;RSVP=TRUE:mailto:[email protected]
ATTENDEE;ROLE=REQ-PARTICIPANT;PARTSTAT=NEEDS-ACTION
;CN="Kevin Plumb/Contract Services/YWS/Yorkshire Water";RSVP=TRUE
:mailto:Kevin_Plumb/Contract_Services/YWS/[email protected]
hirewater.co.uk
ATTENDEE;ROLE=REQ-PARTICIPANT;PARTSTAT=NEEDS-ACTION
;CN="Michael Wynn/Waste Water/YWS/Yorkshire Water";RSVP=TRUE
:mailto:Michael_Wynn/Waste_Water/YWS/[email protected]
ater.co.uk
ATTENDEE;ROLE=REQ-PARTICIPANT;PARTSTAT=NEEDS-ACTION
;CN="Steve Iredale/Operations/YWS/Yorkshire Water";RSVP=TRUE
:mailto:Steve_Iredale/Operations/YWS/[email protected]
ater.co.uk
ATTENDEE;ROLE=REQ-PARTICIPANT;PARTSTAT=NEEDS-ACTION;RSVP=TRUE
:mailto:[email protected]
CLASS:pUBLIC
SUMMARY:AFP Wiebull Workshop
LOCATION:Esholt Hall - YW Learning Centre ORGANIZER ;CN="Martin
Kirbitson/Capital Development/YWS/Yorkshire Water":mailto:
(e-mail address removed)
UID:CEC7C6EB77E1241D802572290045B4BA-Lotus_Notes_Generated
X-LOTUS-BROADCAST:FALSE
X-LOTUS-NOTESVERSION:2
X-LOTUS-NOTICETYPE:I
X-LOTUS-CHILD_UID:CEC7C6EB77E1241D802572290045B4BA
END:VEVENT
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Content-Disposition: attachment; filename="c124352.ics"

BEGIN:VCALENDAR
X-LOTUS-CHARSET:UTF-8
VERSION:2.0
PRODID:-//Lotus Development Corporation//NONSGML Notes 6.0//EN
METHOD:REQUEST BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART:20061129T093000Z DTEND:20061129T170000Z
TRANSP:OPAQUE DTSTAMP:20061117T124354Z SEQUENCE:0
ATTENDEE;ROLE=CHAIR;PARTSTAT=ACCEPTED
;CN="Martin Kirbitson/Capital Development/YWS/Yorkshire Water"
;RSVP=FALSE:mailto:[email protected]
ATTENDEE;ROLE=REQ-PARTICIPANT;PARTSTAT=NEEDS-ACTION
;CN="Anna Taylor/Procurement & Capital Investment/YWS/Yorkshire Water"
;RSVP=TRUE
:mailto:Anna_Taylor/Procurement_&_Capital_Investment/YWS/Yorkshire_Wat
(e-mail address removed)
ATTENDEE;ROLE=REQ-PARTICIPANT;PARTSTAT=NEEDS-ACTION
;CN="Christina Blackburn/Waste Water/YWS/Yorkshire Water";RSVP=TRUE
:mailto:Christina_Blackburn/Waste_Water/YWS/[email protected]
kshirewater.co.uk
ATTENDEE;ROLE=REQ-PARTICIPANT;PARTSTAT=NEEDS-ACTION
;CN="Colin Rutland/Production&Technology/YWS/Yorkshire Water"
;RSVP=TRUE
:mailto:Colin_Rutland/Production&Technology/YWS/Yorkshire_Water@lng002
.yorkshirewater.co.uk
ATTENDEE;ROLE=REQ-PARTICIPANT;PARTSTAT=NEEDS-ACTION
;CN="David Fenton/IT/Yorkshire Water";RSVP=TRUE
:mailto:David_Fenton/IT/[email protected]
ATTENDEE;ROLE=REQ-PARTICIPANT;PARTSTAT=NEEDS-ACTION;CN="geoffdwood"
;RSVP=TRUE:mailto:[email protected]
ATTENDEE;ROLE=REQ-PARTICIPANT;PARTSTAT=NEEDS-ACTION
;CN="Kevin Plumb/Contract Services/YWS/Yorkshire Water";RSVP=TRUE
:mailto:Kevin_Plumb/Contract_Services/YWS/[email protected]
hirewater.co.uk
ATTENDEE;ROLE=REQ-PARTICIPANT;PARTSTAT=NEEDS-ACTION
;CN="Michael Wynn/Waste Water/YWS/Yorkshire Water";RSVP=TRUE
:mailto:Michael_Wynn/Waste_Water/YWS/[email protected]
ater.co.uk
ATTENDEE;ROLE=REQ-PARTICIPANT;PARTSTAT=NEEDS-ACTION
;CN="Steve Iredale/Operations/YWS/Yorkshire Water";RSVP=TRUE
:mailto:Steve_Iredale/Operations/YWS/[email protected]
ater.co.uk
ATTENDEE;ROLE=REQ-PARTICIPANT;PARTSTAT=NEEDS-ACTION;RSVP=TRUE
:mailto:[email protected]
CLASS:pUBLIC
SUMMARY:AFP Wiebull Workshop
LOCATION:Esholt Hall - YW Learning Centre ORGANIZER ;CN="Martin
Kirbitson/Capital Development/YWS/Yorkshire Water":mailto:
(e-mail address removed)
UID:CEC7C6EB77E1241D802572290045B4BA-Lotus_Notes_Generated
X-LOTUS-BROADCAST:FALSE
X-LOTUS-NOTESVERSION:2
X-LOTUS-NOTICETYPE:I
X-LOTUS-CHILD_UID:CEC7C6EB77E1241D802572290045B4BA
END:VEVENT
END:VCALENDAR


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Milly Staples said:
Is the sender using RTF for the item when sending? Once it reaches Outlook, it is too late to do anything about the message. This should be something that the sender controls.

--Â
Milly Staples [MVP - Outlook]

Post all replies to the group to keep the discussion intact. All
unsolicited mail sent to my personal account will be deleted without
reading.

After furious head scratching, GDW asked:

| I am using Outlook 2003
|
| I am doing some work for a company who use Lotus Notes. When they
| send me meeting informaiton, instead of it appearing as an iCal or
| vCal attachment, I just see lots of (what I presume to be) encoded
| text in the message body section of the email.
|
| Is there any way to configure outlook to handle these emails properly?
Click to expand...
 
G

GDW

Given your response below, it is odd that I was able to handle such emails
easily when I had Outlook XP installed. Please see other message for full
contents of email.
 

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