Re: Reminders in Outlook calendar synced to MSN or Hotmail calenda
From: E Freibrun (EFreibrun_at_discussions.microsoft.com)
Date: 01/26/05
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Date: Wed, 26 Jan 2005 06:25:05 -0800
Thanks, Milly. Exactly. The difference you and I pointed out - which
"profile" is the default - is the root of the problem. MS encourages us to
buy into their server-based functionality to keep a constant revenue stream
(MSN/Hotmail subscription fees), yet takes away critical functionality. This
really should be fixed. Thx, Eric
"Milly Staples [MVP - Outlook]" wrote:
> YOur best bet is to address it to Microsoft directly via
> mswish@microsoft.com. Put Outlook in the subject line.
>
> I use Hotmail and the Outlook Connector, but I have Outlook as my default
> profile, not Hotmail. This may very well be the difference I see in the
> behaviors.
>
>
> --
> Milly Staples [MVP - Outlook]
>
> Post all replies to the group to keep the discussion intact. Due to
> the (insert latest virus name here) virus, all mail sent to my personal
> account will be deleted without reading.
>
> After furious head scratching, E Freibrun asked:
>
> | You are correct with respect to an Outlook calendar that is NOT
> | synced to an MSN or Hotmail server-based calendar that is the primary
> | calendar in Outlook. Reminders can be set for any time. However, if
> | one syncs Outlook to one's MSN account, e.g., to enable e-mail and
> | one's calendar to be accessible from anywhere - and one makes that
> | the primary account in Outlook - reminders in the calendar cannot be
> | set more than 2 weeks in advance. The error message says, "Reminders
> | cannot be set more than 2 weeks in advance" when I set an appointment
> | on my MSN/Hotmail synced calendar for greater than 2 weeks in
> | advance. I suspect MS's reason for this limitation is to save
> | server space. So, the price to be paid for the convenience of having
> | an online calendar (thru MSN or Hotmail) accessible anywhere in the
> | world and through Outlook, is that one loses the ability to set the
> | calendar reminders more than 2 weeks in advance. As I said, a huge
> | diminution in functionality.
> |
> | This is my first time on this forum. My goal is to get MS to address
> | this limitation in functionality. Perhaps I should address this in
> | the MSN forum. Thanks, Eric
> |
> | "Milly Staples [MVP - Outlook]" wrote:
> |
> || No, they did not remove something, just did not do a very good job of
> || documenting the reminder abilities.
> ||
> || You can use natural language to achieve any reminder interval you
> || want. If you want one for 6 weeks, simply type 6w and arrow out of
> || the reminder window. You can do this for hours, days, weeks,
> || months, etc. You can even set one for Next Christmas and the
> || reminder will be set for December 25.
> ||
> ||
> || --Â
> || Milly Staples [MVP - Outlook]
> ||
> || Post all replies to the group to keep the discussion intact. Due to
> || the (insert latest virus name here) virus, all mail sent to my
> || personal account will be deleted without reading.
> ||
> || After furious head scratching, E Freibrun asked:
> ||
> ||| Judy, with all due respect, Microsoft has removed very important
> ||| functionality from Outlook by preventing server-based calendar users
> ||| (those syncing to MSN or Hotmail calendar) from setting reminders
> ||| more than 2 weeks in advance. I think Microsoft should be
> ||| encouraged to bring back this functionality rather than users
> ||| having to develop workarounds. One can set a custom reminder date
> ||| in Outlook that's desktop (not server) based. The same
> ||| functionality should be in the server-based calendar. Regards, Eric
> |||
> ||| "Judy Gleeson" wrote:
> |||
> |||| How about the To Do's you speak of are made into Tasks? Then set
> |||| your start date for when you need to get started on them. Reminders
> |||| are just another interruption. Less of those is always better!
> |||| Work from a prioritised and scheduled plan and you'll perform more
> |||| effectively.
> ||||
> |||| Make a new category for each file and then all Tasks about that
> |||| file can be seen together (using Group By function in the Tasks
> |||| folder). You can even see them on a Timeline. Using Reminders to
> |||| manage your work is a pretty poor way of coping with workflow
> |||| planning, management and reporting on completed work - Tasks are
> |||| the thing to use for work to do.
> ||||
> ||||
> |||| Judy Gleeson
> |||| Acorn Training and Consulting
> |||| "we're nuts about Outlook"
> ||||
> |||| see what Outlook training can do to improve productivity:
> |||| www.acorntraining.com.au/pdfdocs/ProductivITwithOutlook.pps
> ||||
> |||| www.acorntraining.com.au/productivit.htm
> ||||
> ||||
> ||||
> |||| ???????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????>
> |||| With my Outlook calendar in Outlook 2003 synced to my MSN/Hotmail
> |||| calendar
> ||||| through Outlook Connector, the system will not enable reminders of
> ||||| appointments to be set more than 2 weeks in advance. This is a
> ||||| huge hole in functionality. Many professionals, e.g., lawyers,
> ||||| need to be reminded of court filing and other deadlines more than
> ||||| 2 weeks in advance. For example, I sometimes need to know in some
> ||||| cases at least a year in advance that I need to start thinking
> ||||| about various to-do's or deadlines. I made my desktop Outlook
> ||||| calendar server-based on MSN to be able to take advantage of the
> ||||| syncronization functionality. But losing the ability to set
> ||||| reminders at any date I choose in advance is a huge price to pay
> ||||| for this. Please, please, please enable this functionality.
> |||||
> ||||| Thank you,
> |||||
> ||||| E. Freibrun
> ||||| Northbrook, IL
>
>
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