task assignment

[Guest]

Can you assign tasks and use them through outlook without being connected to
a server? i can send tasks but no-one seems to be able to open the tasks they
receive. there is a message saying it cannot open this type of attachement.
we dont have a server, only a network through a router. this is posing
difficulties as i need to assign these tasks to certain people. please help
if there is a solution...

Regs,

nigel

 

[Sue Mosher [MVP-Outlook]]

Yes. The step you're probably missing is that you need to have the
recipient's address marked for rich-text format. Doulbe-click the underlined
email address to do this.

 

[Guest]

I have now tried that option but still nothing works. i still get the message
cannot open this type of attachment. with the now added not sending the task
because of permissions!! any ideas?

Nige

 

[Sue Mosher [MVP-Outlook]]

What type of attachment are you seeing? What is the permissions error?

--
Sue Mosher, Outlook MVP
Author of
Microsoft Outlook Programming - Jumpstart for
Administrators, Power Users, and Developers

 

[Guest]

Hi,

my permissions error reads as follows:

"the message could not be sent because one of the recipients was rejected by
the server. Server response '550 Recipient Not Authorised [ recipient
rejected due to no authorised destination groups]'. (Account:'my pop3
server', SMTP Server:'smtp.my smtp server', Error Number 0x800ccc79).

Next is the message that is received when trying to open a task to another
person:

Outlook cannot do this action on this type of attachment.

basically, i can send a task and everybody except 1 person can receive them.
when they receive a task, they can right click and all task options are there
but get this message when they try to open it.

thanks for your help

Nigel

 

[Guest]

Hi,

i was wondering if anyone has any ideas yet? the microsoft help files and
website are not very helpful. i do have a little progress though. all of the
computers on the network have now been set to send mail in rich text format.
1 computer on the network can open,accept the task. i can then open it on my
pc. i can send and receive task to my personal pc at home from my work pc.
however even though we are ALL on xp, 2 pc's cannot open the tasks. i can
read the tasks from them but they cannot open tasks from me???? is there a
setting that i need to change to enable this? please, can someone help me?

regs,

N.S.

 

[Sue Mosher [MVP-Outlook]]

The default mail format doesn't matter. It's the format for each individual
recipient address that needs to be set for RTF.

Provide exact symptoms for the problem machines.

--
Sue Mosher, Outlook MVP
Author of
Microsoft Outlook Programming - Jumpstart for
Administrators, Power Users, and Developers