From: Andrew Wale Andrew on
Jack.

Just came across your post.
One of my clients is having a similar issue.
You mentioned that SP2 or outlook 2007 will have the fix.

Is there any date for SP2 as yet?

Andrew Wale

"dougherr" wrote:

> All, We are currently creating a solution to the 2nd item below for a
> customer of ours. The core problem is Lotus not properly adhering to iCal
> standard RFC2445. You should see this in Outlook 2007 / SP2 environments.
> Microsoft has refused to put in a fix because they say they are in compliance
> with the standard.
>
> Our fix should be done in 2-3 weeks. If you are interested, let me know.
>
> Doug Herrington
> ManageScope
> 303-840-2548
>
> "Jack Vinson" wrote:
>
> > Hello-
> >
> > I am having two specific problems with Outlook 2007 when I receive email
> > from Lotus Notes (7.0.1). It's clearly a problem with the way Outlook is
> > reading the mail, because I can see these items correctly in a web-based
> > email interface or on my mobile phone. This is mail that comes in through a
> > POP account. I am not using an Exchange server.
> >
> > 1) When I receive replies to messages I have sent, their reply is blank and
> > my original is still there. I think this is happens specifically with RTF
> > messages. It doesn't appear to happen consistently, however. The suggestion
> > of checking the font or background color has not helped.
> > (https://www.microsoft.com/office/community/en-us/default.mspx?dg=microsoft.public.outlook.general&tid=ed345ca4-c922-400f-be59-5f18ba4c8974&cat=en-us-office-outlook&lang=en&cr=US&sloc=en-us&m=1&p=1).
> >
> > 2) When I receive repeating-meeting invitations (usually to multiple
> > people), the meeting invitation is garbled enough that Outlook cannot
> > interpret it. I have to read through all the codes or contact the organizer
> > directly for more information.
> >
> > Is there a fix to Outlook that corrects this problem? Or is there some
> > setting that I can apply that will improve how Outlook interprets these
> > messages?
> >
> > Thanks,
> >
> > Jack Vinson
> >