on 15/7/02 10:56 pm, Harry Zink at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: >> That would only be if you don't read your email. If you read your email >> you'll see the invitation and can decline, as I just declined yours. > > I UNDERSTAND THAT! But I believe that there is something that is being > overlooked that is opening up a back-door to abuse of this functionality. > > Let's just see how many people end up with my appointment in their calendar > without being aware fo it, or having been notified about it, or it having > been obvious to them. > > OF COURSE you and Diane know about it and declined it. Let's see how many > people get caught by surprise by an alarm on Wednesday. > > Or, in the case of Greg Jones: > >> It appeared on my calendar without my accepting it and without notice from >> Entourage X. > > And Daniel Goldsmith: > >> With no notification and before accepting or declining the item is in my >> calendar. > > Or Hunter Hillegas: > >> same here. > > Or Aaron Uribe: > >> They are currently (were) set to tentatively accept- therefore I now have a >> new calendar event. > > Or Phyllis Evans: > >> Went straight into my calendar without any notification. Now I've unchecked >> "Tentatively add events" under General Preferences, Calendar tab. Never paid >> attention to that before. > > Or Sherman Wilcox: > >> Yep, me too. > > Or Don Wolff: > >> Neither had I. I have now unchecked it as well. Thanks to those who pointed >> this out! > > > Judi Sohn pretty much nailed it > >> Look at how >> many people on this list didn't know what was going on, and this list >> represents a higher user level than you'd find normally. Microsoft should >> assume that people do not want to automatically accept anything from someone >> else unless specifically set to do so. > > > What I'm trying to say, there are conditions where this mechanism does NOT > work and does NOT make it obvious what is happening. That's a problem. > > The solution is easy: > > - Doing something about it now, now that we have discovered it. > > - Sticking our head in the sand, placing the blame and responsibility on > users, later, when it becomes exposed as a security hold, quickly fixing it > with much embarassment. > > Either solution sounds perfectly fine and acceptable to me. In fact, I > generally find #2 to be more amusing. > > Personally, having a dialog box alert you that a message includes an > invitation that would otherwise slip by would be the perfectly acceptable > fix. > > > Harry
Sounds to me that it doesn't need a 'fix', just proper documentation. All the users you quote point to not knowing or understanding its implementation. Unless I've misunderstood I don't see anyone having a problem with it once they understood it. Besides, I've never heard anyone refuse choice before. If it's not for you, turn it off. >From a corporate/small office perspective I can see it being very useful. Peter. -- To unsubscribe: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> archives: <http://www.mail-archive.com/entourage-talk%40lists.letterrip.com/> old-archive: <http://www.mail-archive.com/entourage-talk%40lists.boingo.com/>
