Henri,

This is a problem even if you do use Exchange distribution groups, which
I believe is your only recourse.  Microsoft recommends that when, in
Outlook, you are inviting a group of people using a distribution group,
you should click the "plus sign" to expand the group into individual
accounts.  That way, if you do alter the meeting, all of the individuals
get the updates.  You can read their recommendation, and many others for
using Outlook for calendaring, at
http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/assistance/HA011276781033.aspx.

We have the same problem here.  We just live with it, or invite users
individually.  We need Listserv because we need to send messages to
large groups of users who do not have an HMS e-mail account, and don't
want the hassle of creating distribution groups.

Melissa Kenny
 
IIS Administrator
Harvard Medical School IT
107 Avenue Louis Pasteur
Center for Educational Technology
Boston, MA 02115


-----Original Message-----
From: LISTSERV list owners' forum [mailto:[log in to unmask]]
On Behalf Of Bulterman, Henri R.
Sent: Monday, June 19, 2006 6:24 PM
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Subject: List Server and Outlook Calendar Invitations

Hi, All --

These days MITRE uses Exchange for mail and calendars.  Our list server
includes lists for all the organizational entities (departments,
divisions, etc) at MITRE.

We know that there is a problem with the Outlook calendar and the lists
on the list server:  Users can apparently send an invitation to a list
on the list server, and that works OK, but if they then update the
meeting things get a bit messed up, with duplicate meetings scheduled.

My question to you:  Is this a fixable problem, and (if so) has anyone
figured out a good way to deal with it?  It seems that our only recourse
at this point is to create Exchange distribution lists for every
organization at MITRE, but if there is any workaround we'd sure like to
try it.  Moreover, if anyone can provide some technical details of the
underlying issues I'd appreciate -- feel free to mail me directly.

Thanks,
 Henri Bulterman
 Principal Software Engineer
 The MITRE Corporation
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