OL2000: (CW) Required Meeting Attendee is Logged as Optional

ID: Q222386

The information in this article applies to:

Microsoft Outlook 2000

NOTE: These procedures only apply if you have installed Outlook with the Corporate or Workgroup option. This option allows you to use Messaging Application Programming Interface (MAPI) services. To determine your installation type, on the Help Menu click About Microsoft Outlook. In About Microsoft Outlook you should see "Corporate or Workgroup" if you have the Corporate or Workgroup installation.

SYMPTOMS

If you invite a Distribution List (DL) to a meeting as Required Attendees, an individual respondent may be logged as an Optional Attendee after accepting the meeting request.

RESOLUTION

Manually change the attendee's status from Optional to Required.

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Expand the DL before sending the meeting request.

STATUS

Microsoft has confirmed this to be a problem in the Microsoft products listed at the beginning of this article.

MORE INFORMATION

To Change an Attendee's Status

In the Calendar folder, open the meeting entry.

On the Attendee Availability tab, click to select the status of the Optional attendee from the Attendance column.

Click to select Required, from the list.

Additional query words: OL2K

Keywords :
Version : WINDOWS:2000
Platform : WINDOWS
Issue type : kbbug