Outlook: Show received meetings as tentative

Posted on July 29th, 2008 in Microsoft, Outlook 2002 XP, Outlook 2003, Outlook 2007 by Gil Kreslavsky

Show received meetings as tentative:

Meetings are automatically placed on the calendar as tentative, so that timeslots will not be overbooked. As meeting updates come in, prior updates are marked “out of date” and are automatically deleted. This means that meeting updates are not accepted in an out of order fashion keeping your calendar items current.”
You can stop/start the automatic addition of a tentative meeting when meeting request e-mail is received in Outlook by clearing/marking the check box for “Process requests and responses on arrival” :

1. On the Tools menu, click Options.
2. Click Email Options.
3. Click Tracking Options.
4. Click to clear/mark the “Process requests and responses on arrival” check box.