Special Edition Using® Microsoft® Office Outlook® 2003

Troubleshooting

Meeting Requests Do Not Have Accept and Decline Buttons

When I send meeting requests, the recipients don't receive them as meeting requests. The Accept and Decline buttons are missing and the request looks like a normal email message.

You're probably sending meeting requests over the Internet and not through an Exchange Server. Outlook sends meeting requests in iCalendar format. Unfortunately, this format isn't transmitted correctly if it isn't sent through an Exchange Server. You can resolve this issue by telling Outlook to send meeting requests in vCalendar format instead of iCalendar format. To make this change, select Tools, ...