Group calendar + attendees (Outlook + toltec)

[Bernhard Reiter]

Am Freitag, 11. August 2006 02:04 schrieb Chuck Dand:
> We have a kolab install (2.0.3, on Gentoo, using openpkg not portage) on
> which we have set up 4 test users connecting from outlook (2000, 2003,
> and XP) using the toltec connector.
>
> What we are trying to achieve is a shared calendar that any of the users
> are able to add a meeting to the calendar with a number of attendees.
> Creating the meeting works fine, and the attendees receive an invitation
> and are able to accept/decline. The event organiser receives an email as
> to the acceptance of the meeting. However the status in the calendar
> event does not change. Firstly I've noticed that the confirmation reply
> received by the organiser reports that the event is no longer in the
> calendar. Secondly outlook complains about not being able to tally the
> replies when the event is created. Unfortunately I'm not in front of the
> system right now to report the exact message from outlook.
>
> Is this behaviour that is specific to using kolab + outlook + toltec or
> is this something that happens when using an Exchange Server as well?
> Unfortunately we don't currently have access to an Exchange server to
> test out what happens in that situation?

I know that this is an Outlook weakness to be able to only handle
one main calendar. I would guess that this is the same for exchange
as well, but I also do not have an Exchange at hand to test this.

> What I'm basically getting at is, is it possible to have either a shared
> or group calendar in which the whole invitation, attendees and status
> displayed in the calendar work such that the attendees status is updated
> when they accept/decline. Is there something that I could have missed
> out in the setup? (Note. it works fine for individual calendars, just
> not shared/group calendars)

Some people try to work around this Outlook limitation by
using automatic resources handling that will accept and register the replies
automatically for a group of people.

> Finally, can anyone clarify the purpose of the group and resource
> account types and how they differ from user/internal user accounts? I
> realise that this is something that is missing from the Wiki, but was
> just wondering if anyone here could offer an explanation.

Group and resource accounts give the internal "calender" users
the permission to read and write the main calendar folder so that
automatic handling of events can work. This can be used to book resources,
if set to accept when not conflict.

Group and resource do not have more significant differences.
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