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From: Carsten Dominik <dominik@science.uva.nl>
Subject: Re: MS Outlook fails to import iCal export file
Date: Tue, 28 Mar 2006 10:55:44 +0200
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On Mar 27, 2006, at 23:15, Philip Rooke wrote:

> I have just tried to import an iCalendar export from an Org-mode file
> into Microsoft Outlook 2000 (SP3).  This was the first time I have
> done this and it failed with a rather unhelpful "Import operation
> failed [OK]" error message.
>
> I tried editing the .ics export file and found that changing the
> VERSION: string from 2.0 to 1.0 allowed the import to succeed.  This
> is good enough as a work around for my very occasional needs.

Well, I am not surprised, I wrote the exporter without looking at any 
specifications, just what I could figure out from looking at the 
icalendar files produced by Apples iCal program.  The I tweaked the 
output until iCal would read that file.  If there is anyone knowing 
more about the icalendar format, it would be great to improve this.

Of course, I can simply say VERSION: 1.0.....

- Carsten