Answers.Body: <p>I think this is resolved. After researching prior problems with icals, I found this reference: <a href="https://stackoverflow.com/questions/15084236/icalendar-does-not-create-an-event-for-organizer">https://stackoverflow.com/questions/15084236/icalendar-does-not-create-an-event-for-organizer</a> </p>
  
  <p>By changing the METHOD: REQUEST to METHOD: PUBLISH in templates/CRM/Activity/Calendar - Outlook users are essentially inviting themselves to their events (and the possibility to including others who are not Civi users).</p>
  
  <p>Note: However, it looks like the notes aren't being pulled into the ical, and I'm not sure if this should occur or not.</p>
  
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Answers.Body: <p>The stack exchange thread quoted above also says that if you change METHOD:REQUEST to METHOD:PUBLISH you will get duplicates if you get an update. Also <a href="https://issues.civicrm.org/jira/browse/CRM-16794?focusedCommentId=76125&amp;page=com.atlassian.jira.plugin.system.issuetabpanels%3Acomment-tabpanel#comment-76125" rel="nofollow noreferrer">Dave points out</a> in the CiviCRM issue that was opened that this change breaks the ical standard (which specifies that <a href="https://www.rfc-editor.org/rfc/rfc2446#section-3.2.1" rel="nofollow noreferrer">you cannot post attendees if the method is publish</a>).</p>
  <p>This seems like an Outlook bug, so trying to fix it in CiviCRM might not be the best option. And, for Outlook 2007 at least, <a href="https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/help/940403/a-new-meeting-request-is-not-saved-to-your-calendar-folder-after-you-c" rel="nofollow noreferrer">there appears to be a fix</a>.</p>
  
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Body: <p>When an activity is assigned to a user and an email is sent to the assignee with the calendar appointment, the ical is attached. However, when I open the file in Outlook 2013, it says "Meeting cannot be found in the calendar." I'm unable to save/add the meeting date into my calendar. Is there a way to resolve this? </p>
  
  <p>I've also tried the activity iCal module, and I haven't been able to find a solution to add activities to Outlook effectively.</p>
  
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Comments.Text: I'd suggest stripping identifiable information out of the iCal file created and posting it as a code snippet here or on https://gist.github.com, or even posting your report as an issue on https://issues.civicrm.org - then update your question here with a link.
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Comments.Text: Thank you for your suggestion! I created an issue here that displays the code snippet: https://issues.civicrm.org/jira/browse/CRM-16794
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Tags: <activities>
Title: Outlook iCal does not work?
ThreadText: # Outlook iCal does not work?
  
  (Asked by: username_0 on 2015-06-27)
  
  When an activity is assigned to a user and an email is sent to the assignee with the calendar appointment, the ical is attached. However, when I open the file in Outlook 2013, it says "Meeting cannot be found in the calendar." I'm unable to save/add the meeting date into my calendar. Is there a way to resolve this?
  
  I've also tried the activity iCal module, and I haven't been able to find a solution to add activities to Outlook effectively.
  
  **Tags:** activities
  
  > **Comments:**
  > **username_1**: I'd suggest stripping identifiable information out of the iCal file created and posting it as a code snippet here or on https://gist.github.com, or even posting your report as an issue on https://issues.civicrm.org - then update your question here with a link.  
  > **username_0**: Thank you for your suggestion! I created an issue here that displays the code snippet: https://issues.civicrm.org/jira/browse/CRM-16794  
  
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  ## 2 answers
  
  ### Answer by username_0 on 2015-07-04. Score: 1 | Accepted answer
  
  I think this is resolved. After researching prior problems with icals, I found this reference: <https://stackoverflow.com/questions/15084236/icalendar-does-not-create-an-event-for-organizer>
  
  By changing the METHOD: REQUEST to METHOD: PUBLISH in templates/CRM/Activity/Calendar - Outlook users are essentially inviting themselves to their events (and the possibility to including others who are not Civi users).
  
  Note: However, it looks like the notes aren't being pulled into the ical, and I'm not sure if this should occur or not.
  
  
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  ### Answer by username_2 on 2018-01-19. Score: 0
  
  The stack exchange thread quoted above also says that if you change METHOD:REQUEST to METHOD:PUBLISH you will get duplicates if you get an update. Also [Dave points out](https://issues.civicrm.org/jira/browse/CRM-16794?focusedCommentId=76125&page=com.atlassian.jira.plugin.system.issuetabpanels%3Acomment-tabpanel#comment-76125) in the CiviCRM issue that was opened that this change breaks the ical standard (which specifies that [you cannot post attendees if the method is publish](https://www.rfc-editor.org/rfc/rfc2446#section-3.2.1)).
  
  This seems like an Outlook bug, so trying to fix it in CiviCRM might not be the best option. And, for Outlook 2007 at least, [there appears to be a fix](https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/help/940403/a-new-meeting-request-is-not-saved-to-your-calendar-folder-after-you-c).
  
  
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