If you omit the reminder, Outlook 2000 recipients should have no problem
with iCal items that you send.

The alternative is to turn off iCal on your end and mark the recipients'
addresses for rich-text format so that they get full Outlook items instead.

--
Sue Mosher, Outlook MVP
Author of
Microsoft Outlook Programming - Jumpstart for
Administrators, Power Users, and Developers
http://www.outlookcode.com/jumpstart.aspx


"Frank" wrote in message
...
Actually Im on 2003. The recipients are on 2000 SP-3.
But not all 2000 users get this. Some actually get the
correct format.
If I turn off iCal, then those that got the text below get
an e-mail note but it does not add to their calendar.


-----Original Message-----
That's not garbage at all. It's a perfectly valid meeting
request written
with the iCalendar Internet standard format.

You neglected to mention your Outlook version. My guess
is that it's Outlook
2000, which has a compatibility issue with reminders in
iCal items. See
http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=823199 for information
on the hotfix you
can get by calling Microsoft Product Support Services.

--
Sue Mosher, Outlook MVP
Author of
Microsoft Outlook Programming - Jumpstart for
Administrators, Power Users, and Developers
http://www.outlookcode.com/jumpstart.aspx


"Frank" wrote in
message
...
Why are my invitees getting garbage in the invite?

Heres what they get...

Return-Path: {removed}
Received: from {removed} by
{removed} (Netscape Messaging Server 4.15)
with
ESMTP id I1IW9Y00.6BZ; Tue, 27 Jul 2004
14:20:22 -0400
Reply-To: {removed}
From: {removed}
To: {removed}
Subject: {removed}
Date: Tue, 27 Jul 2004 14:18:21 -0400
Message-ID: !~!{removed}
MIME-Version: 1.0
Content-Type: text/calendar; method=REQUEST;
charset="utf-8"
Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit
X-Mailer: Microsoft Office Outlook, Build 11.0.5510
X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2800.1441
thread-index: AcR0BhgcCZlt28llTtmhD1YfHetLHw==
Disposition-Notification-To: {removed}

BEGIN:VCALENDAR
PRODID:-//Microsoft Corporation//Outlook 11.0
MIMEDIR//EN
VERSION:2.0 METHOD:REQUEST BEGIN:VEVENT
ATTENDEE;ROLE=REQ-
PARTICIPANT;RSVP=TRUE:MAILTO:{removed}
ATTENDEE;ROLE=REQ-PARTICIPANT;RSVP=TRUE:MAILTO:{removed}
ATTENDEE;ROLE=REQ-PARTICIPANT;RSVP=TRUE:MAILTO:{removed}
ATTENDEE;ROLE=REQ-PARTICIPANT;RSVP=TRUE:MAILTO:{removed}
ATTENDEE;ROLE=REQ-PARTICIPANT;RSVP=TRUE:MAILTO:{removed}
ATTENDEE;ROLE=REQ-PARTICIPANT;RSVP=TRUE:MAILTO:{removed}
ATTENDEE;ROLE=REQ-PARTICIPANT;RSVP=TRUE:MAILTO:{removed}
ATTENDEE;ROLE=REQ-PARTICIPANT;RSVP=TRUE:MAILTO:{removed}
ORGANIZER:MAILTO:{removed}
DTSTART:20040728T180000Z
DTEND:20040728T190000Z
LOCATION:{removed}
TRANSP:OPAQUE
SEQUENCE:0

UID:040000008200E00074C5B7101A82E008000000004095C1 90E473C40
10000000000000000100
00000997551AABDC09342BF2C04FAD3412AC6
DTSTAMP:20040727T181819Z
DESCRIPTION:When: Wednesday\, July 28\, 2004 2:00 PM-
3:00
PM (GMT-05:00)
Eastern Time (US & Canada).\nWhe Training
Room\n\n*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*\n\n{removed}\n
SUMMARY:{removed}
PRIORITY:5
X-MICROSOFT-CDO-IMPORTANCE:1
CLASS:PUBLIC
BEGIN:VALARM
TRIGGER:-PT15M
ACTIONISPLAY
DESCRIPTION:Reminder
END:VALARM
END:VEVENT
END:VCALENDAR



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