Meeting Invitation comes as text e-mail, not a Calendar Entry

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I have several computers using Outlook 2003 SP1, not using Exchange. When a
Meeting request is sent to all in the office, most of them receive it as a
request that will place it in their Calendar. Two of the computers do not.
They receive it as a text e-mail. There is a mix of XP Pro SP2 and 2000 Pro
SP4. I believe all options are set the same on all computers. Any help to
resolve this would be very welcome.

Harvey
 
Harvey said:
I have several computers using Outlook 2003 SP1, not using Exchange.
When a Meeting request is sent to all in the office, most of them
receive it as a request that will place it in their Calendar. Two of
the computers do not. They receive it as a text e-mail. There is a
mix of XP Pro SP2 and 2000 Pro SP4. I believe all options are set the
same on all computers. Any help to resolve this would be very welcome.
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Perhaps the sender has the incorrect Internet settings for the two contacts
receiving the calendar requests as text.
 
Not sure what you mean by Internet settings for a contact. Are you talking
about E-mail formats? If so, not sure how to change that in the contact
information. I know you can change it when you send an e-mail.
 
Harvey said:
Not sure what you mean by Internet settings for a contact. Are you
talking about E-mail formats?
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Open up a contact record. If the E-mail address contains an Internet
address, double-click it. You should get an "E-mail Properties" dialogue
containing "Display name", "E-mail address", "E-mail type", and "Internet
format" fields. The latter will be a drop down.
 
That fixed the problem. Thank you!
It does bring up another question though, how did it get set for text only?
As far as I know these settings were not changed when the contact was
created. There are seven who get these meeting notices but only two had wrong
settings.
 
Harvey said:
That fixed the problem. Thank you!
It does bring up another question though, how did it get set for text
only? As far as I know these settings were not changed when the
contact was created. There are seven who get these meeting notices
but only two had wrong settings.
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Importing can have an effect on it, I believe. It's conceivable that
clicking a contact in a receive message and choosing Add to Contacts could
have an effect as well, but I've not tested it. I guess that's just a way
of saying the answer is, "who knows?"
 
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