outlook 2021

Question

When I get an email with invitation in a meeting i don't have the choice of answer like accept, tetntative etc and this meeting will not be add in calendar automatically

Answer 1

Hello

What email address do you set up in your Outlook app? Is it set up via IMAP/POP? If so, the calendar feature is not supported; hence, you will not see the Accept/Deny option when you receive a meeting invitation.

Answer 2

In Outlook for Windows, the standard Accept / Tentative / Decline response options may be unavailable if the organizer added the recipient as a resource instead of as a required/optional attendee, especially when the recipient is external to the organizer’s domain. In that case, the buttons do not show the usual response options and the organizer does not receive a proper response, so tracking and calendar updates do not work as expected.

To restore normal behavior for future invitations, the organizer must:

1. Remove the recipient from the meeting as a resource.
2. Add the same recipient back as a Required or Optional attendee.
3. Send an updated invitation.

Once added as a regular attendee, the invitation will show the usual Accept, Tentative, and Decline options, and responses will update the calendar correctly.

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References:

• Can't send a response to an Outlook meeting request
• Automatically add events from your email to your calendar