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So it looks like there are a lot of posts on the subject, several very close
to my issue, however there does not appear to be a solution posted on what was done to correct the issue or if the issue "just went away" Here is my issue: To my knowledge this issue is limited to a single user that is using XP SP2 with Outlook 2003 in cached mode AND connecting via RPC over HTTP. When this person attempts to schedule a meeting with multiple attendees he is unable to see the other's Free/busy and instead sees "No Information". I have verified that not only can I see the the Free/busy information for the people he is trying to invite from my Outlook client, but I can also see his Free/busy info. I have confirmed that this is not just an OUtlook client issue on his end. We have a Citrix server with Outlook as a published application. The Citirx server and Exchange 2003 server (we are running Exchange) are local to each other. This user is unable to see the same users Free/busy information on Citrix when trying to schedule a meeting via the Outlook published Citirx application. I have not yet tried OWA, but would expect the same results. Of course I have also tried random Outlook clients to make sure that me having Exchange admin rights was not circumventing the issue. The only post that may have a fix was the one where there was an Anonymous permission set on his calendar. Seems unlikely but possible, and I have not yet had an opportunity to contact this user to verify that an anonymous user exists. Another item that is confusing to me is that the Send/Receive option for Free/Busy information is greyed out in Outlook. Is this 'normal'. I though that maybe 'forcing' a synch of this information might be a workaround or fix. Anyway, enough rambling. If there is informaiton that you need that I did not get into above please let me know. Thanks in advance for any insight into solving this issue. |
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All calendars using the Exchange have both Anonymous and Default.
This is normal. The removal of the anonymous from the problematic clients permissions would not effect his ability to see other peoples free/busy information. I think you are on the right track when you are looking into the fact that the free/busy information is perhaps not being synchronized to this client. Is it possible that your client is setup for IFB? (Internet free/busy) See http://support.microsoft.com/default...b;en-us;827775 for more information. One thing you could try, is to delete the clients Calendar System folder and then build a fresh one. (Delete the Calendar folder and use a special Outlook switch to open the client and instruct Exchange to rebuild a new one.) I have seen a corrupt system folder cause many "odd" problems. The procedure below is how I do it. However, I use a machine that has Outlook 2000. I believe the Ffolder utility does not work with Outlook 2003. If you have a client mailbox that has a corrupt system folder: 1.. Copy all data from the system folder to a pst or another folder of the same type 2.. Use the Ffolder Utility to delete the System Folder 3.. Then use the "/ResetFolders" command-line switch to rebuild the Exchange system folder. Ffolder Utility: Utility to rename or delete "special" Outlook folders such as the Calendar, Tasks, Inbox, and Contacts. Available in the following public folder (contact EIS support if you are unable to access the following public folder): http://www.slipstick.com/addins/gall...ffolderUtility (May not work for OLK2003...) If you do not have access to the Outlook 2000 client, write me back and I will look into a different procedure. (I should probably update this trick anyway.) Nikki "KC" wrote in message ... So it looks like there are a lot of posts on the subject, several very close to my issue, however there does not appear to be a solution posted on what was done to correct the issue or if the issue "just went away" Here is my issue: To my knowledge this issue is limited to a single user that is using XP SP2 with Outlook 2003 in cached mode AND connecting via RPC over HTTP. When this person attempts to schedule a meeting with multiple attendees he is unable to see the other's Free/busy and instead sees "No Information". I have verified that not only can I see the the Free/busy information for the people he is trying to invite from my Outlook client, but I can also see his Free/busy info. I have confirmed that this is not just an OUtlook client issue on his end. We have a Citrix server with Outlook as a published application. The Citirx server and Exchange 2003 server (we are running Exchange) are local to each other. This user is unable to see the same users Free/busy information on Citrix when trying to schedule a meeting via the Outlook published Citirx application. I have not yet tried OWA, but would expect the same results. Of course I have also tried random Outlook clients to make sure that me having Exchange admin rights was not circumventing the issue. The only post that may have a fix was the one where there was an Anonymous permission set on his calendar. Seems unlikely but possible, and I have not yet had an opportunity to contact this user to verify that an anonymous user exists. Another item that is confusing to me is that the Send/Receive option for Free/Busy information is greyed out in Outlook. Is this 'normal'. I though that maybe 'forcing' a synch of this information might be a workaround or fix. Anyway, enough rambling. If there is informaiton that you need that I did not get into above please let me know. Thanks in advance for any insight into solving this issue. |
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Nikki,
Thanks for the info. I am very confident that this user is not publishing his free/busy info to the web. You have my interest on the possibility of a corrupted client Calendar System folder. However, this sounds like it is specific to a specific Outlook client? The user in question has the same issue using a completely different Outlook client on our Citrix server. Does rebuilding the client Calendar System folder happen on the Exchange server? It almost sounds like there might be some corruption of the calendar on the Exchange side. I would be interested in trying your fix if you can update it so that it works on OL2003. I do not have access to an OL2000 client (or better stated: the user in question does not) -KC "Nikki" wrote: All calendars using the Exchange have both Anonymous and Default. This is normal. The removal of the anonymous from the problematic clients permissions would not effect his ability to see other peoples free/busy information. I think you are on the right track when you are looking into the fact that the free/busy information is perhaps not being synchronized to this client. Is it possible that your client is setup for IFB? (Internet free/busy) See http://support.microsoft.com/default...b;en-us;827775 for more information. One thing you could try, is to delete the clients Calendar System folder and then build a fresh one. (Delete the Calendar folder and use a special Outlook switch to open the client and instruct Exchange to rebuild a new one.) I have seen a corrupt system folder cause many "odd" problems. The procedure below is how I do it. However, I use a machine that has Outlook 2000. I believe the Ffolder utility does not work with Outlook 2003. If you have a client mailbox that has a corrupt system folder: 1.. Copy all data from the system folder to a pst or another folder of the same type 2.. Use the Ffolder Utility to delete the System Folder 3.. Then use the "/ResetFolders" command-line switch to rebuild the Exchange system folder. Ffolder Utility: Utility to rename or delete "special" Outlook folders such as the Calendar, Tasks, Inbox, and Contacts. Available in the following public folder (contact EIS support if you are unable to access the following public folder): http://www.slipstick.com/addins/gall...ffolderUtility (May not work for OLK2003...) If you do not have access to the Outlook 2000 client, write me back and I will look into a different procedure. (I should probably update this trick anyway.) Nikki "KC" wrote in message ... So it looks like there are a lot of posts on the subject, several very close to my issue, however there does not appear to be a solution posted on what was done to correct the issue or if the issue "just went away" Here is my issue: To my knowledge this issue is limited to a single user that is using XP SP2 with Outlook 2003 in cached mode AND connecting via RPC over HTTP. When this person attempts to schedule a meeting with multiple attendees he is unable to see the other's Free/busy and instead sees "No Information". I have verified that not only can I see the the Free/busy information for the people he is trying to invite from my Outlook client, but I can also see his Free/busy info. I have confirmed that this is not just an OUtlook client issue on his end. We have a Citrix server with Outlook as a published application. The Citirx server and Exchange 2003 server (we are running Exchange) are local to each other. This user is unable to see the same users Free/busy information on Citrix when trying to schedule a meeting via the Outlook published Citirx application. I have not yet tried OWA, but would expect the same results. Of course I have also tried random Outlook clients to make sure that me having Exchange admin rights was not circumventing the issue. The only post that may have a fix was the one where there was an Anonymous permission set on his calendar. Seems unlikely but possible, and I have not yet had an opportunity to contact this user to verify that an anonymous user exists. Another item that is confusing to me is that the Send/Receive option for Free/Busy information is greyed out in Outlook. Is this 'normal'. I though that maybe 'forcing' a synch of this information might be a workaround or fix. Anyway, enough rambling. If there is informaiton that you need that I did not get into above please let me know. Thanks in advance for any insight into solving this issue. |
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I have not come up with a different solution yet.
Nikki "KC" wrote in message ... Nikki, Thanks for the info. I am very confident that this user is not publishing his free/busy info to the web. You have my interest on the possibility of a corrupted client Calendar System folder. However, this sounds like it is specific to a specific Outlook client? The user in question has the same issue using a completely different Outlook client on our Citrix server. Does rebuilding the client Calendar System folder happen on the Exchange server? It almost sounds like there might be some corruption of the calendar on the Exchange side. I would be interested in trying your fix if you can update it so that it works on OL2003. I do not have access to an OL2000 client (or better stated: the user in question does not) -KC "Nikki" wrote: All calendars using the Exchange have both Anonymous and Default. This is normal. The removal of the anonymous from the problematic clients permissions would not effect his ability to see other peoples free/busy information. I think you are on the right track when you are looking into the fact that the free/busy information is perhaps not being synchronized to this client. Is it possible that your client is setup for IFB? (Internet free/busy) See http://support.microsoft.com/default...b;en-us;827775 for more information. One thing you could try, is to delete the clients Calendar System folder and then build a fresh one. (Delete the Calendar folder and use a special Outlook switch to open the client and instruct Exchange to rebuild a new one.) I have seen a corrupt system folder cause many "odd" problems. The procedure below is how I do it. However, I use a machine that has Outlook 2000. I believe the Ffolder utility does not work with Outlook 2003. If you have a client mailbox that has a corrupt system folder: 1.. Copy all data from the system folder to a pst or another folder of the same type 2.. Use the Ffolder Utility to delete the System Folder 3.. Then use the "/ResetFolders" command-line switch to rebuild the Exchange system folder. Ffolder Utility: Utility to rename or delete "special" Outlook folders such as the Calendar, Tasks, Inbox, and Contacts. Available in the following public folder (contact EIS support if you are unable to access the following public folder): http://www.slipstick.com/addins/gall...ffolderUtility (May not work for OLK2003...) If you do not have access to the Outlook 2000 client, write me back and I will look into a different procedure. (I should probably update this trick anyway.) Nikki "KC" wrote in message ... So it looks like there are a lot of posts on the subject, several very close to my issue, however there does not appear to be a solution posted on what was done to correct the issue or if the issue "just went away" Here is my issue: To my knowledge this issue is limited to a single user that is using XP SP2 with Outlook 2003 in cached mode AND connecting via RPC over HTTP. When this person attempts to schedule a meeting with multiple attendees he is unable to see the other's Free/busy and instead sees "No Information". I have verified that not only can I see the the Free/busy information for the people he is trying to invite from my Outlook client, but I can also see his Free/busy info. I have confirmed that this is not just an OUtlook client issue on his end. We have a Citrix server with Outlook as a published application. The Citirx server and Exchange 2003 server (we are running Exchange) are local to each other. This user is unable to see the same users Free/busy information on Citrix when trying to schedule a meeting via the Outlook published Citirx application. I have not yet tried OWA, but would expect the same results. Of course I have also tried random Outlook clients to make sure that me having Exchange admin rights was not circumventing the issue. The only post that may have a fix was the one where there was an Anonymous permission set on his calendar. Seems unlikely but possible, and I have not yet had an opportunity to contact this user to verify that an anonymous user exists. Another item that is confusing to me is that the Send/Receive option for Free/Busy information is greyed out in Outlook. Is this 'normal'. I though that maybe 'forcing' a synch of this information might be a workaround or fix. Anyway, enough rambling. If there is informaiton that you need that I did not get into above please let me know. Thanks in advance for any insight into solving this issue. |
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Thanks Niki,
Let me know when or if you do. -KC "Nikki" wrote: I have not come up with a different solution yet. Nikki "KC" wrote in message ... Nikki, Thanks for the info. I am very confident that this user is not publishing his free/busy info to the web. You have my interest on the possibility of a corrupted client Calendar System folder. However, this sounds like it is specific to a specific Outlook client? The user in question has the same issue using a completely different Outlook client on our Citrix server. Does rebuilding the client Calendar System folder happen on the Exchange server? It almost sounds like there might be some corruption of the calendar on the Exchange side. I would be interested in trying your fix if you can update it so that it works on OL2003. I do not have access to an OL2000 client (or better stated: the user in question does not) -KC "Nikki" wrote: All calendars using the Exchange have both Anonymous and Default. This is normal. The removal of the anonymous from the problematic clients permissions would not effect his ability to see other peoples free/busy information. I think you are on the right track when you are looking into the fact that the free/busy information is perhaps not being synchronized to this client. Is it possible that your client is setup for IFB? (Internet free/busy) See http://support.microsoft.com/default...b;en-us;827775 for more information. One thing you could try, is to delete the clients Calendar System folder and then build a fresh one. (Delete the Calendar folder and use a special Outlook switch to open the client and instruct Exchange to rebuild a new one.) I have seen a corrupt system folder cause many "odd" problems. The procedure below is how I do it. However, I use a machine that has Outlook 2000. I believe the Ffolder utility does not work with Outlook 2003. If you have a client mailbox that has a corrupt system folder: 1.. Copy all data from the system folder to a pst or another folder of the same type 2.. Use the Ffolder Utility to delete the System Folder 3.. Then use the "/ResetFolders" command-line switch to rebuild the Exchange system folder. Ffolder Utility: Utility to rename or delete "special" Outlook folders such as the Calendar, Tasks, Inbox, and Contacts. Available in the following public folder (contact EIS support if you are unable to access the following public folder): http://www.slipstick.com/addins/gall...ffolderUtility (May not work for OLK2003...) If you do not have access to the Outlook 2000 client, write me back and I will look into a different procedure. (I should probably update this trick anyway.) Nikki "KC" wrote in message ... So it looks like there are a lot of posts on the subject, several very close to my issue, however there does not appear to be a solution posted on what was done to correct the issue or if the issue "just went away" Here is my issue: To my knowledge this issue is limited to a single user that is using XP SP2 with Outlook 2003 in cached mode AND connecting via RPC over HTTP. When this person attempts to schedule a meeting with multiple attendees he is unable to see the other's Free/busy and instead sees "No Information". I have verified that not only can I see the the Free/busy information for the people he is trying to invite from my Outlook client, but I can also see his Free/busy info. I have confirmed that this is not just an OUtlook client issue on his end. We have a Citrix server with Outlook as a published application. The Citirx server and Exchange 2003 server (we are running Exchange) are local to each other. This user is unable to see the same users Free/busy information on Citrix when trying to schedule a meeting via the Outlook published Citirx application. I have not yet tried OWA, but would expect the same results. Of course I have also tried random Outlook clients to make sure that me having Exchange admin rights was not circumventing the issue. The only post that may have a fix was the one where there was an Anonymous permission set on his calendar. Seems unlikely but possible, and I have not yet had an opportunity to contact this user to verify that an anonymous user exists. Another item that is confusing to me is that the Send/Receive option for Free/Busy information is greyed out in Outlook. Is this 'normal'. I though that maybe 'forcing' a synch of this information might be a workaround or fix. Anyway, enough rambling. If there is informaiton that you need that I did not get into above please let me know. Thanks in advance for any insight into solving this issue. |
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I tried the Ffolder.exe on my test profile at work.
I use Outlook 2003. The Ffolder.exe worked fine. ![]() I would give this a try. The worse case scenerio...you will have to move the items back into the freshly created folder. No harm. Nikki "KC" wrote in message ... Thanks Niki, Let me know when or if you do. -KC "Nikki" wrote: I have not come up with a different solution yet. Nikki "KC" wrote in message ... Nikki, Thanks for the info. I am very confident that this user is not publishing his free/busy info to the web. You have my interest on the possibility of a corrupted client Calendar System folder. However, this sounds like it is specific to a specific Outlook client? The user in question has the same issue using a completely different Outlook client on our Citrix server. Does rebuilding the client Calendar System folder happen on the Exchange server? It almost sounds like there might be some corruption of the calendar on the Exchange side. I would be interested in trying your fix if you can update it so that it works on OL2003. I do not have access to an OL2000 client (or better stated: the user in question does not) -KC "Nikki" wrote: All calendars using the Exchange have both Anonymous and Default. This is normal. The removal of the anonymous from the problematic clients permissions would not effect his ability to see other peoples free/busy information. I think you are on the right track when you are looking into the fact that the free/busy information is perhaps not being synchronized to this client. Is it possible that your client is setup for IFB? (Internet free/busy) See http://support.microsoft.com/default...b;en-us;827775 for more information. One thing you could try, is to delete the clients Calendar System folder and then build a fresh one. (Delete the Calendar folder and use a special Outlook switch to open the client and instruct Exchange to rebuild a new one.) I have seen a corrupt system folder cause many "odd" problems. The procedure below is how I do it. However, I use a machine that has Outlook 2000. I believe the Ffolder utility does not work with Outlook 2003. If you have a client mailbox that has a corrupt system folder: 1.. Copy all data from the system folder to a pst or another folder of the same type 2.. Use the Ffolder Utility to delete the System Folder 3.. Then use the "/ResetFolders" command-line switch to rebuild the Exchange system folder. Ffolder Utility: Utility to rename or delete "special" Outlook folders such as the Calendar, Tasks, Inbox, and Contacts. Available in the following public folder (contact EIS support if you are unable to access the following public folder): http://www.slipstick.com/addins/gall...ffolderUtility (May not work for OLK2003...) If you do not have access to the Outlook 2000 client, write me back and I will look into a different procedure. (I should probably update this trick anyway.) Nikki "KC" wrote in message ... So it looks like there are a lot of posts on the subject, several very close to my issue, however there does not appear to be a solution posted on what was done to correct the issue or if the issue "just went away" Here is my issue: To my knowledge this issue is limited to a single user that is using XP SP2 with Outlook 2003 in cached mode AND connecting via RPC over HTTP. When this person attempts to schedule a meeting with multiple attendees he is unable to see the other's Free/busy and instead sees "No Information". I have verified that not only can I see the the Free/busy information for the people he is trying to invite from my Outlook client, but I can also see his Free/busy info. I have confirmed that this is not just an OUtlook client issue on his end. We have a Citrix server with Outlook as a published application. The Citirx server and Exchange 2003 server (we are running Exchange) are local to each other. This user is unable to see the same users Free/busy information on Citrix when trying to schedule a meeting via the Outlook published Citirx application. I have not yet tried OWA, but would expect the same results. Of course I have also tried random Outlook clients to make sure that me having Exchange admin rights was not circumventing the issue. The only post that may have a fix was the one where there was an Anonymous permission set on his calendar. Seems unlikely but possible, and I have not yet had an opportunity to contact this user to verify that an anonymous user exists. Another item that is confusing to me is that the Send/Receive option for Free/Busy information is greyed out in Outlook. Is this 'normal'. I though that maybe 'forcing' a synch of this information might be a workaround or fix. Anyway, enough rambling. If there is informaiton that you need that I did not get into above please let me know. Thanks in advance for any insight into solving this issue. |
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