Accept/Tentative/Decline meeting invitation without sending a response

[mvuille]

In Outlook, the buttons to Accept/Tentative/Decline a meeting invitation
provide three choices: 1) Edit the response before sending, 2) Send the
response now, 3) Do not send a response.

I know how to do 1) and 2) from Aqua Mail, is there a way to do 3), i.e.,
process the meeting invitation per Accept/Tentative/Decline and add it
to the Calendar without sending a response?

MV

[Kostya Vasilyev]

Is this an Exchange account? Sorry there is no such option, it always sends a response.

[mvuille]

Yes, it is an Exchange account.

Thanks for the answer.
MV

[cherubim]

Hi

Used this feature too, still using it via laptop.

Option seems to be not implemented in AM, option seems to be possible with Exchange Web Services:
"To accept a meeting invitation without sending the response to the meeting organizer, set the parameter value to false instead of true." (from EWS Managed API Reference, method MeetingRequest.Accept)

So option could still be a feature in the future

Thanks for reading
cherubim

[Kostya Vasilyev]

Do you mean this?

https://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/microsoft.exchange.webservices.data.meetingrequest.accept(v=exchg.80).aspx

AquaMail does not use the Managed API, and I'm not seeing an option here:

https://msdn.microsoft.com/EN-US/library/office/aa562964(v=exchg.150).aspx

[gadgetfreak]

I just wanted to add a request for this as well. I found this thread doing a search for the word "accept" as I was looking for a way to accept/reject meeting invites without sending a response. Nitrodesk (now Symantec) Touchdown can do it. Nine does this as well.

[Kostya Vasilyev]

Um, yes, so I hear... It's still on my to-do...

[gadgetfreak]

Sounds good. In the meantime, I am going to take someone else's suggestions from here and use Nine for the few things that AM can't do. I will tell you, however, that AM's interface works the best for me. I was even able to change my entire philosophy about e-mail and not continue to believe that the "e" stands for emergency. I went from push to pulling every 10 minutes (I had to because of Exchange) and I am fine with that. But I LOVE AM for these main reasons:

- toolbar in message view is on the bottom (easier for my thumb). Nine's is on the top.
- when viewing a message, you can default to see the FULL header info (from, to and cc) without clicking any buttons for "more". Sometimes I am CC'd on e-mails that went to many others and I need to see who else it went to. Couldn't do that on BB or Nine but you could on Touchdown.
- the threaded message view is the same I had on my BB and on my iPad. It groups all messages with the same subject under one. Not that crazy conversation view where I see previously sent and filed messages.
- tons of customization like on Touchdown.
- love how it integrates with the existing calendar instead of it's own (like Nine).

Only question is, since I am using my syncing with my Exchange account through the main settings anyway for contacts, is it better to sync my calendar through the main Exchange account or through AM (or does it matter)?

Thanks for a great product.

[mikeone]

Sometimes I am CC'd on e-mails that went to many others and I need to see who else it went to.

... in AquaMail the message header (sender / subject, etc.) scrolls with message text, doesn't get in the way anymore (since version 1.5.9)

[gadgetfreak]

That is good to know but not what I meant. Picture an e-mail that is addressed to the ACME Compliance Dept. with a CC to the ACME Distributions Dept. and the ACME Purchasing Dept. and the ACME Finance Dept. In the other mail apps, it might show the To and then, because the CC is so long, only show part of it - requiring a tap on arrows to show the rest. But that 'tap" to show the full information didn't stick and would need to be tapped for each message. AM and TD allows for it to default to that full header which is so important to me.

[mikeone]

Thanks for clarification. However, the implemented "scroll feature" in AquaMail is very useful, even when you have a "long" list of recipients or cc's.

[Kostya Vasilyev]

Re: use Nine for the few things that AM can't do

I've just not been able to figure out the right Exchange magic to get it to do this (mark an event as accepted and not send a response). Will try to take another look at the docs.

Re: is it better to sync my calendar through the main Exchange account or through AM

I would keep using Aqua -- when you get an invite in email, it will do a few special things when it recognizes this...

[gadgetfreak]

True. But when I need to use Nine to accept or decline without sending a response (such happens when I am a member of a distribution group and the group gets an invite which I don't need to attend), will I have a problem if Nine isn't the one syncing? Or the main Galaxy Exchange Account?

[Kostya Vasilyev]

Re: will I have a problem if Nine isn't the one syncing

Hmm, I really don't know how it's going to interact, sorry.

Actually here is another idea -- what if rather than accepting your invite inside AquaMail (in the email message), you open the event in your calendar and accept there? Will that send a response for you?

I recall there being some difference (with accepting an email message vs. the actual calendar event) in Outlook for Windows, and IIRC, when I tried it in Aqua, it worked the same way, so it looked like Exchange server logic.

Sorry this wasn't recent and I can't be more specific right now, but it might be worth trying (perhaps with some test event).

[gadgetfreak]

The built in calendar doesn't seem to have a lot of features for this. Nothing pops up to say I have a pending invite so I need to find it in the calendar. Then there is a drop down list that says attending yes or no. If you say yes, it shows up in the calendar. If no, it just disappears. A response is automatically sent. Nine and TD still do it the right way. Presumably Outlook for Android would too but I never tested. I also wonder a separate calendar app that integrates with the built-in Exchange account would make a difference.

I am OK as is but I am not sure it is ideal for battery life. I have AM syncing mail every 10 minutes with a notification. I have Nine pushing mail, calendar, contacts, tasks and notes without notification. I have the built-in Exchange account pushing contacts. Seems like a lot. I probably don't need the built-in exchange account because Nine has an option to sync their contacts with built-in anyway.