Yes, I use Auto-Accept Agent.
No, They do NOT need author rights using the Auto-Accept method.

James Chong (MVP) offered up a great article explaining:
Exchange 2003 Auto Accept Agent vs. direct booking
http://msexchangeteam.com/archive/20...22/420275.aspx

If you use the "Direct Booking" method you would need "author":
How to direct book a resource in Outlook
http://support.microsoft.com/default...b;EN-US;291616

Nikki

"brute force" wrote in message
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1. so you dont use the auto accept agent?
2. i thought they need "author " rights?

"Nikki Peterson" wrote:

Make sure that the permission level ON THE RESOURCE CALENDAR
is at REVIEWER only. Meetings should be made by "Making a Meeting"
and sending it via EMAIL to the resource for processing.

To cancel a meeting, you open the meeting on your own Calendar (where
you made the meeting) and CANCEL it. Then send that. When the
resource receives the cancellation, it will remove the meeting from the
calendar.

Nikki

"brute force" wrote in message
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i am haivng so much trouble with this. through help here and research, it
looks like i need the autoaccept agent. installation has been successful.
i
setup the rrooms and registered them. my problem is when there is a
conflict,
there is no indication except when you double click the meeting , it will
say
"declined". but is still is on the calendar looking as though there is a
meeting . if i were a user looking at the calendar, it looks liek i have
an
appointment there. unlike direct booking , it doesnt say "cancelled" or
something like that. it looks like an appointment and you only know if
you
open it and see "1 declined". i would think that it should look different
on
the calendar than a regular appointment. did i do something wrong or is it
supposed to look this way? thanks for your time