[chandler-users] Sending invites from Chandler for recurrence exceptions

[Mimi Yin]

Is there a reason we can put the info from the selected event into  
the Message Body? Even if the EIMML that is sent is the entire series?

Mimi

On Apr 10, 2007, at 2:20 PM, Brian Kirsch wrote:

> +1 Aparna,
> We had to limit mailing of recurring events to the whole set and  
> not individual
> occurrences for Preview. But this is less than ideal long term.
>
> I think it would be possible in the case you describe to detect if  
> the event being
> sent differs from the recurrence rule. I.e. the meeting is on  
> Thursdays but
> this week it is on Tuesday and if so add additional text to the  
> body of the
> mail message ala:
>
> Master Event: QA Staff meeting every Thursday from 1:00 PM PST to  
> 2:00 PM PST
> Individual Event: 'QA Staff meeting this Tuesday from 1:00 PM PST  
> to 2:00 PM PST'
>
> I would leave it to Mimi to come up with a better wording for the  
> message body but
> you get the idea.
>
> This would be a feature enhancement request as it is currently not  
> part of the Preview Email spec.
>
> Thoughts?
>
> -Brian
>
>
>
> On Apr 10, 2007, at 11:01 AM, Aparna Kadakia wrote:
>
>> I have run into this far too many times so I thought it may be  
>> worth sending the feedback to the chandler-users list.
>>
>> I have a weekly QA staff meeting on Thursdays with Mikeal, Dan and  
>> Adam from 1:00 -2:00 PM. This is setup as a weekly recurring  
>> series in my PersonalWork calendar. Occasionally when I am in the  
>> office on Tuesdays I like to  move this meeting to Tuesday and let  
>> the team know.
>> In the true spirit of dogfooding, I moved this week's Thursday  
>> meeting to Tuesday starting at 2:00 PM instead of 1:00 PM in my  
>> calendar and selected 'Just this event' in the recurrence dialog.  
>> I stamped the series as Mail(which for Preview stamps the entire  
>> series) and updated the notes section with the agenda and sent it  
>> to the team.
>>
>> Unfortunately when Dan, Mikeal and Adam received the email the  
>> body of the email still said
>> 'QA Staff meeting every Thursday from 1:00 PM PST to 2:00 PM PST'.
>> (did not reflect the date or the time change for the updated event)
>>
>> So least to say no one showed up for the meeting until I verbally  
>> confirmed the time.
>>
>> I believe I have discussed this with Mimi and Brian Kirsch over a  
>> bug report and even though we agreed it was technically harder to  
>> fix this in Preview, I would like to bring it up as a critical  
>> feature to fix post-preview.
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