OL2002: Required Meeting Attendee Is Logged As Optional (295726)


The information in this article applies to:

  • Microsoft Outlook 2002
This article was previously published under Q295726

SYMPTOMS

If you invite a distribution list to a meeting as required attendees, an individual respondent may be logged as an optional attendee after the meeting request is accepted.

RESOLUTION

Microsoft has confirmed that this is a problem in the Microsoft products that are listed at the beginning of this article.

WORKAROUND

Use one of the following methods to work around this behavior:

Manually change the attendee's status from optional to required. To do this:
  1. In the Calendar folder, open the meeting entry.
  2. On the Attendee Availability tab, click to select the status of the Optional attendee from the Attendance column.
  3. Click to select Required from the list.
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Expand the distribution list before you send the meeting request.
Modification Type:MinorLast Reviewed:7/27/2006
Keywords:kbprb KB295726
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