Attendees can still use the Propose New Time feature in your meeting requests if you use the Group Policy editor to disable the Propose New Time feature in Outlook (873212)

SUMMARY

You may decide to use the Group Policy editor with the administrative template for either Microsoft Outlook 2002 or Microsoft Office Outlook 2003 to disable the Propose New Time feature for attendees in meetings that you organize. In this scenario, some attendees can still use the Propose New Time feature in meeting requests that you send.

CAUSE

This issue occurs when you send a meeting request to attendees in Microsoft Outlook 2000 or an earlier version of Outlook, or with a non-Microsoft Outlook e-mail client.

This issue occurs because the Group Policy works only if the meeting request is sent from either Outlook 2002 or Outlook 2003.

MORE INFORMATION

The Propose New Time feature was introduced in Outlook 2002.

If you disable the Propose New Time feature by using the Group Policy editor, Outlook examines the policy and then sets a property in the meeting request according to that policy. When the meeting request is received and opened, Outlook checks to determine if there are any properties. If Outlook detects that the Propose New Time feature is disabled, the Propose New Time button either does not appear in the Preview Pane or is not available when the meeting request is opened.

Outlook 2000 and earlier versions of Outlook and other non-Outlook mail clients are not aware of the policy. Therefore, the property in the meeting request is not used, and the Propose New Time feature is enabled.