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jsasani
Jul 16, 2021Copper Contributor
Outlook Calendar: Not Seeing Accepted Attendees
Not sure if this is intended functionality or not, but I've never noticed this in the outlook calendar before so wanted to bring it up. It seems really counterintuitive to me! If you accept a mee...
- Jul 20, 2021
Hi jsasani, and Happy Workday to you.
I was really curious about this post for I had thought the response was noted without an email as well.
Here is what I learned and tested.This issue has been communicated to MS since 2017. It appears that it does not work when Outlook Windows is used. I tested and confirmed it.
Then I tested in Outlook for the Web, I discovered that the Do Not Send a Response is not an option. See the image below.Many Outlook users and including me, agree with you. This feature has created a lot of confusion and more email handling. And, hopefully, Microsoft agrees with you too.
Have a good day.
Teresa_Cyrus
Jul 20, 2021MVP
Hi jsasani, and Happy Workday to you.
I was really curious about this post for I had thought the response was noted without an email as well.
Here is what I learned and tested.
This issue has been communicated to MS since 2017. It appears that it does not work when Outlook Windows is used. I tested and confirmed it.
Then I tested in Outlook for the Web, I discovered that the Do Not Send a Response is not an option. See the image below.
Many Outlook users and including me, agree with you. This feature has created a lot of confusion and more email handling. And, hopefully, Microsoft agrees with you too.
Have a good day.
MindyWithTheQuestions
Mar 22, 2023Copper Contributor
Teresa_Cyrus Thanks for this tip. If I understand correctly, the only way it works is if the invitee uses Outlook for web to reply. Unfortunately, no one at my company uses Outlook for web. I'm dumbfounded that Microsoft hasn't corrected this glaring deficiency.