> From: Omar Shahine <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> Date: Wed, 24 Jan 2001 22:42:44 -0800
> Subject: Re: Possible tip for travelers
>
>> I thought there was an iCal "standard" for calendar events. At least when I
>> invite others to a meeting and they happen to be PC users using Outlook with
>> an Exchange server, they get an attachment. However experience so far has
>> shown that the attachment is completely unusable on the PCs. It cannot be
>> opened, and drag and drop to the Outlook calendar fails.
>
> iCal is a standard for describing calendar events just like RFC 822 is a
> standard for describing mail messages. iCal is not an over the wire protocol
> that sits on top of TCP/IP like POP/IMAP etc. However, iCal events can be
> attached to RFC 822 messages as MIME parts which is what is happening above.
>
> -Omar
OK, but why can't the PC Outlook user do anything with the attached MIME
part (like drop it on their calendar folder and have an appointment
created)? Is this an Outlook incompatibility or am I still missing the
point of the attachment?
Thanks,
Jim
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