forward appointment--but why??!?

I frequently make an appointment while at work (OL2K vs. Exchange server) or
home (OL03 against POP3 on both laptop and desktop). I want my other Outlook
clients to know about that appointment. It's not a meeting request. I don't
care if the machine that creates the appointment knows about the others so
updates can propagate. I just want to get the same appointment in all three
Outlook calendars.

So I forward the calendar appointment item to my home or work email. Seems
obvious, right? That's why the Forward choice exists for an appointment,
right?

But when I try to drag the forwarded file to the calendar on my OL03 on my
desktop machine or laptop, OL refuses to put it in there and tells me I have
to have the sender send a meeting request. It's NOT a MEETING and I don't
need no st***ing meeting request. I just want an appointment in the calendar
without having to retype the data from the Calendar item attachment I can
readily open and read.

Why is this so hard? What am I missing? Does nobody else try to do this? Is
this not a common requirement in common environments???? Surely there must
be some way to do this--what is it?

Try opening the forwarded item and then choosing Save and Close.=20

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Sue Mosher, Outlook MVP
Author of Configuring Microsoft Outlook 2003
http://www.turtleflock.com/olconfig/index.htm
and Microsoft Outlook Programming - Jumpstart for=20
Administrators, Power Users, and Developers
http://www.outlookcode.com/jumpstart.aspx


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There is no save and close choice. Save saves it right back as an attachment
in the email that forwarded it. Dragging the attachment straight to the
calendar gets the message about not being able to create a meeting from an
attachment. Arrggh.

"Sue Mosher [MVP-Outlook]" wrote in message
...
Try opening the forwarded item and then choosing Save and Close.

Curiously, when I forward as Ical or just forward from OL03 back to OL03,
this works exactly as I would expect. I'll check tomorrow about what happens
in OL2K with the same items sent OL03-OL2K. The immediate problem is
OL2K-OL03. That doesn't seem to work--and is my more frequent direction for
moving this stuff.

"Sue Mosher [MVP-Outlook]" wrote in message
...
Try opening the forwarded item and then choosing Save and Close.

is the attachment a calendar form? if you create a new message and use
Insert item or drop the appointment on it, does it work?

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"Dick Watson" wrote in
message ...
There is no save and close choice. Save saves it right back as an
attachment in the email that forwarded it. Dragging the attachment
straight to the calendar gets the message about not being able to create a
meeting from an attachment. Arrggh.

"Sue Mosher [MVP-Outlook]" wrote in message
...
Try opening the forwarded item and then choosing Save and Close.

do you have a reminder set? try it without the reminder.

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Diane Poremsky [MVP - Outlook]
Author, Teach Yourself Outlook 2003 in 24 Hours
Coauthor, OneNote 2003 for Windows (Visual QuickStart Guide)
Author, Google and Other Search Engines (Visual QuickStart Guide)

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"Dick Watson" wrote in
message ...
Curiously, when I forward as Ical or just forward from OL03 back to OL03,
this works exactly as I would expect. I'll check tomorrow about what
happens in OL2K with the same items sent OL03-OL2K. The immediate problem
is OL2K-OL03. That doesn't seem to work--and is my more frequent
direction for moving this stuff.

"Sue Mosher [MVP-Outlook]" wrote in message
...
Try opening the forwarded item and then choosing Save and Close.

Properties on the attachment suggest it's a meeting request form. It looks
kinda like a meeting request form but has accept/decline etc. disabled. But
I just want an appointment...

I'm not clear on whether your second question is referring to a different
way of sending it (Besides Actions|Forward) or what to do with the ones I've
already got in my home inboxes. I can test the former tomorrow. As to the
latter, nothing seems to work. Dropping it on a new calendar item just adds
an embedded item in a blank appointment.

"Diane Poremsky [MVP]" wrote in message
...
is the attachment a calendar form? if you create a new message and use
Insert item or drop the appointment on it, does it work?

Yes. I will try forwarding them without the reminder set. The problem with
that, obviously, is that I really do want the reminder set and this just
makes it more likely that one side or the other will end up with it in the
calendar without the reminder set.

"Diane Poremsky [MVP]" wrote in message
...
do you have a reminder set? try it without the reminder.

You question may be obliquely referring to
http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=823199.

I'll look into it for the OL03-OL2K direction. My more common requirement
and problem at the moment is OL2K Actions|Forward to an OL03/POP3 client.

"Diane Poremsky [MVP]" wrote in message
...
do you have a reminder set? try it without the reminder.

if it works with the reminder off, make sure you have all of the most recent
updates for each version of outlook and try using reminders again.

--
Diane Poremsky [MVP - Outlook]
Author, Teach Yourself Outlook 2003 in 24 Hours
Coauthor, OneNote 2003 for Windows (Visual QuickStart Guide)
Author, Google and Other Search Engines (Visual QuickStart Guide)

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"Dick Watson" wrote in
message ...
Yes. I will try forwarding them without the reminder set. The problem with
that, obviously, is that I really do want the reminder set and this just
makes it more likely that one side or the other will end up with it in the
calendar without the reminder set.

"Diane Poremsky [MVP]" wrote in message
...
do you have a reminder set? try it without the reminder.