Environment
Novell GroupWise 7
Novell GroupWise 7 Exchange GatewaySituation
Send a recurring appointment from GroupWise to Exchange using the GroupWise 7 Exchange Gateway
In the GroupWise 7 client click
New Appointment
To: exchange user
Click the calendar next to the start date and then select Recurring
Click on multiple dates in the calendar to select them, then hit ok
Send the appointment
- When the appointment is received in Exchange, only one instance of the appointment is seen.
Resolution
The issue exists in the Microsoft Outlook client.
It does not support the use of the BYYEARDAY field.
As of April 2008, Microsoft was tracking the amount of users who were experiencing this issue, but due to few numbers they were not yet ready to pursue a fix for this issue. Until they see a sufficient demand for this feature it is considered to be working as designed and maintain no future plans to fix it.
Novell Development is considering possible enhancements to help the situation.
The RFC rule containing the use of recurrence is 2445, section 4.3.10 and can be found at http://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc2445 or http://www.w3.org/2002/12/cal/rfc2445#sec4.3.10. As the BYYEARDAY field is defined in RFC 2445 and not supported by Microsoft.
It does not support the use of the BYYEARDAY field.
As of April 2008, Microsoft was tracking the amount of users who were experiencing this issue, but due to few numbers they were not yet ready to pursue a fix for this issue. Until they see a sufficient demand for this feature it is considered to be working as designed and maintain no future plans to fix it.
Novell Development is considering possible enhancements to help the situation.
The RFC rule containing the use of recurrence is 2445, section 4.3.10 and can be found at http://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc2445 or http://www.w3.org/2002/12/cal/rfc2445#sec4.3.10. As the BYYEARDAY field is defined in RFC 2445 and not supported by Microsoft.