Free/Busy Data Slow to Appear or doesn't Appear

I am running Exchange 2000 with all the latest updates and the clients are
Outlook 2002. More often than not, when a client schedules a busy or out of
office appointment, the free/busy information does not update immediately
when someone else tries to schedule an appointment etc. Sometimes it takes
a minute, and other times it can take 15 minutes or longer for the free/busy
data to populate for the other user, indicating that the first person is busy
or out of the office. I have used the /CleanFreeBusy switch to no avail.
Any help would be appreciated.

Martin

It's not supposed to update immediately. What is the update every xx option
set for in tools, options, calendar, free/busy options?

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"Martin" wrote in message
...
I am running Exchange 2000 with all the latest updates and the clients are
Outlook 2002. More often than not, when a client schedules a busy or out
of
office appointment, the free/busy information does not update immediately
when someone else tries to schedule an appointment etc. Sometimes it
takes
a minute, and other times it can take 15 minutes or longer for the
free/busy
data to populate for the other user, indicating that the first person is
busy
or out of the office. I have used the /CleanFreeBusy switch to no avail.
Any help would be appreciated.

Martin