Outlook automatically makes meeting request "tentative" if

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When someone sends a meeting request to someone else,
Outlook automatically places that request in the calendar
and defines it as "tentative" until the recipient chooses
some other state (accepted, declined or tentative).

I have some users who would prefer that nothing be
entered into the calendar until a definitive state
(accepted, declined or tentative) is chosen by the
recipent.

Is this possible?

Thank you very much in advance.
 
Greg,
I appreciate you taking the time to answer my question.
Thanks very much.

It's an executive that is complaining- an often
unreasonalbe one who thinks of technical issues in
magical terms- so if the explanation involves a few
registry keys, yes I'd like to know how.

If it's something that will require lots of your time
though, wait. I'm going to let the exec knowh what he'll
loose and see if he's still interested.

Thanks again, very much
Steven
-----Original Message-----
Steven,

This functionality is part of a "package" of features in Outlook, so turning
off the tentative feature would require turning off the entire "package".
Here is a list of some of the features included in this "package"

- Responses to voting buttons
- Meeting requests
- Meeting requests changes
- Appointments
- Appointment changes
- Task updates
- Message Recall

Please let me know if you would still like to disable all of these features.

Thanks,

--
Greg Mansius [MSFT]

This posting is provided "AS IS" with no warranties, and confers no rights.


Steven said:
When someone sends a meeting request to someone else,
Outlook automatically places that request in the calendar
and defines it as "tentative" until the recipient chooses
some other state (accepted, declined or tentative).

I have some users who would prefer that nothing be
entered into the calendar until a definitive state
(accepted, declined or tentative) is chosen by the
recipent.

Is this possible?

Thank you very much in advance.


.
 
I'm not sure but I think you can control this a little. Try (written
from Outlook 2000):

Open Outlook
Select the TOOLS menu
Select the OPTIONS
Click the E-MAIL OPTIONS... button on the "Preferences" tab
Click the TRACKING OPTIONS... button
Turn off the check mark next to:
"Process requests and responses on arrival"
"Process receipts on arrival"

--
Nikki Peterson [MVP - Outlook]

Greg,
I appreciate you taking the time to answer my question.
Thanks very much.

It's an executive that is complaining- an often
unreasonalbe one who thinks of technical issues in
magical terms- so if the explanation involves a few
registry keys, yes I'd like to know how.

If it's something that will require lots of your time
though, wait. I'm going to let the exec knowh what he'll
loose and see if he's still interested.

Thanks again, very much
Steven
-----Original Message-----
Steven,

This functionality is part of a "package" of features in Outlook, so turning
off the tentative feature would require turning off the entire "package".
Here is a list of some of the features included in this "package"

- Responses to voting buttons
- Meeting requests
- Meeting requests changes
- Appointments
- Appointment changes
- Task updates
- Message Recall

Please let me know if you would still like to disable all of these features.

Thanks,

--
Greg Mansius [MSFT]

This posting is provided "AS IS" with no warranties, and confers no rights.


Steven said:
When someone sends a meeting request to someone else,
Outlook automatically places that request in the calendar
and defines it as "tentative" until the recipient chooses
some other state (accepted, declined or tentative).

I have some users who would prefer that nothing be
entered into the calendar until a definitive state
(accepted, declined or tentative) is chosen by the
recipent.

Is this possible?

Thank you very much in advance.


.
 
Steven,

Please see Nikki's response for the steps needed to turn off this feature.


--
Greg Mansius [MSFT]

This posting is provided "AS IS" with no warranties, and confers no rights.

Steven said:
Greg,
I appreciate you taking the time to answer my question.
Thanks very much.

It's an executive that is complaining- an often
unreasonalbe one who thinks of technical issues in
magical terms- so if the explanation involves a few
registry keys, yes I'd like to know how.

If it's something that will require lots of your time
though, wait. I'm going to let the exec knowh what he'll
loose and see if he's still interested.

Thanks again, very much
Steven
-----Original Message-----
Steven,

This functionality is part of a "package" of features in Outlook, so turning
off the tentative feature would require turning off the entire "package".
Here is a list of some of the features included in this "package"

- Responses to voting buttons
- Meeting requests
- Meeting requests changes
- Appointments
- Appointment changes
- Task updates
- Message Recall

Please let me know if you would still like to disable all of these features.

Thanks,

--
Greg Mansius [MSFT]

This posting is provided "AS IS" with no warranties, and confers no rights.


Steven said:
When someone sends a meeting request to someone else,
Outlook automatically places that request in the calendar
and defines it as "tentative" until the recipient chooses
some other state (accepted, declined or tentative).

I have some users who would prefer that nothing be
entered into the calendar until a definitive state
(accepted, declined or tentative) is chosen by the
recipent.

Is this possible?

Thank you very much in advance.


.
 
Thanks, I'll try it today.
-----Original Message-----
I'm not sure but I think you can control this a little. Try (written
from Outlook 2000):

Open Outlook
Select the TOOLS menu
Select the OPTIONS
Click the E-MAIL OPTIONS... button on the "Preferences" tab
Click the TRACKING OPTIONS... button
Turn off the check mark next to:
"Process requests and responses on arrival"
"Process receipts on arrival"

--
Nikki Peterson [MVP - Outlook]

Greg,
I appreciate you taking the time to answer my question.
Thanks very much.

It's an executive that is complaining- an often
unreasonalbe one who thinks of technical issues in
magical terms- so if the explanation involves a few
registry keys, yes I'd like to know how.

If it's something that will require lots of your time
though, wait. I'm going to let the exec knowh what he'll
loose and see if he's still interested.

Thanks again, very much
Steven
-----Original Message-----
Steven,

This functionality is part of a "package" of features in Outlook, so turning
off the tentative feature would require turning off the entire "package".
Here is a list of some of the features included in this "package"

- Responses to voting buttons
- Meeting requests
- Meeting requests changes
- Appointments
- Appointment changes
- Task updates
- Message Recall

Please let me know if you would still like to disable all of these features.

Thanks,

--
Greg Mansius [MSFT]

This posting is provided "AS IS" with no warranties, and confers no rights.


Steven said:
When someone sends a meeting request to someone else,
Outlook automatically places that request in the calendar
and defines it as "tentative" until the recipient chooses
some other state (accepted, declined or tentative).

I have some users who would prefer that nothing be
entered into the calendar until a definitive state
(accepted, declined or tentative) is chosen by the
recipent.

Is this possible?

Thank you very much in advance.


.

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I tried this workaround and it did not work for me. Does
it matter what build of OL2000 I am running?

Thanks!
John
-----Original Message-----
Steven,

Please see Nikki's response for the steps needed to turn off this feature.


--
Greg Mansius [MSFT]

This posting is provided "AS IS" with no warranties, and confers no rights.

Steven said:
Greg,
I appreciate you taking the time to answer my question.
Thanks very much.

It's an executive that is complaining- an often
unreasonalbe one who thinks of technical issues in
magical terms- so if the explanation involves a few
registry keys, yes I'd like to know how.

If it's something that will require lots of your time
though, wait. I'm going to let the exec knowh what he'll
loose and see if he's still interested.

Thanks again, very much
Steven in
Outlook, so turning and
confers no rights.


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