Propose New Time missing from Meeting Request

Propose New Time missing from Meeting Request

I was just sent an invite to a recurring meeting. I want to propose a new time, but only Accept, Tentative, Decline and another button shows to respond.

I then added the Propose New Time icon to the Quick Access Toolbar, but it is greyed out.

Why can't I propose a new time?

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Add shared Contacts folder as Address Book list

Add shared Contacts folder as Address Book list

When I access a shared Contacts folder from another user, I don't see the "Outlook Address Book" tab in the Properties dialog of that folder.

How can I add a shared Contacts folder as an Address List to my own Address Book?

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Cannot verify Security Certificate warning

Cannot verify Security Certificate warning

When I start Outlook, I get an "Internet Security Warning" dialog box with the message;

The server you are connected to is using a security certificate that cannot be verified.
The target principal name is incorrect.

I clicked on "View Certificate" and installed the certificate, but I still get this dialog each time I start Outlook.

Clicking "Yes" each time allows me to use Outlook as normal but how can get rid of this dialog?

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Backup and restore Categories

Backup and restore Categories

I've created a list of Categories in Outlook which I don't like to lose so I thought about backing them up. Unfortunately I couldn't find an export/import option for this.

How do I backup my Categories and, if possible; can I also copy or restore them to another mail profile?

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Training Outlook’s Junk E-mail Filter

Training Outlook’s Junk E-mail Filter

I'm getting the same spam message over and over again even though I mark it as Junk each time. I expected that Outlook would delete these messages automatically after I deleted a couple of them.

How can I train the Junk E-mail Filter in Outlook?

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Time zone independent appointments and tasks

Time zone independent appointments and tasks

The following question was raised in responds to; Traveling between time zones

When I change time zones, I don’t want some appointments and tasks to be adjusted. For instance, I have a daily recurring task to take my medicine at 2PM and a weekly recurring appointment to hit the gym twice a week at 5PM. When I change time zones, they could suddenly fall in the middle of the night, which doesn’t make sense.

Can I create appointments and tasks with such “absolute times” so that they always happen at those times regardless of which time zone I’m in?

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AutoArchive feature is missing

AutoArchive feature is missing

My mailbox is getting full and I wanted to archive some of my older emails with AutoArchive. However, it looks like I don't have this feature available in Outlook at all.

How can I get the AutoArchive feature in Outlook?

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Meeting request holds no details for receiver

Meeting request holds no details for receiver

I've sent out a meeting request but some recipients complained that the message was empty. I know that at least one of them is not using Outlook but Mozilla Thunderbird. I use Outlook 2010 myself.

Is there anything I can do to solve this other than sending out regular email messages with the meeting details instead of actual meeting requests?

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Contact updates from GAL in Notes section

Contact updates from GAL in Notes section

For several contacts, the Notes field contains an overview of which fields have been changed. It appears that this new information is coming from the Global Address Book (GAL) of our company's Exchange server.

While in general this is great, it creates some issues especially with synchronizing to my mobile phone due to the phone number formatting and the length of the Notes field.

Can I disbale this automatic updating of my contacts?

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Colorful emoticons and smiley faces in Outlook

Colorful emoticons and smiley faces in Outlook

This might be a touchy subject for fanatic or business level Outlook users but I wanted to ask this anyway.

I know that Outlook supports emoticons as when I type :-) Outlook converts it to ☺ and it also does this for :-( and :-|. However, these are of course very old fashioned looking and quite limiting in choice.

I could insert an image each time, but an autoconvert feature such as in Skype would be better.

Anyway, how can I improve Outlook's emoticon support?

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