Microsoft KB Archive/920276

= An item in a Windows SharePoint Services 3.0 discussion board is missing a follow-up flag, the level of importance, or the color category when you view the item in Outlook 2007 =

Article ID: 920276

Article Last Modified on 4/25/2007

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APPLIES TO


 * Microsoft Office Outlook 2007, when used with:
 * Microsoft Windows SharePoint Services 3.0

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SYMPTOMS
Consider the following scenario. You connect a discussion board in a Microsoft Windows SharePoint Services 3.0 Web site to Microsoft Office Outlook 2007. You send or forward an e-mail message to the discussion board by using Outlook 2007. Or, you post to the discussion board by using Outlook 2007. You view the discussion board in Outlook 2007 after the discussion board synchronizes with the discussion board in Windows SharePoint Services. You notice that the item in the discussion board that represents the e-mail message or the post that you sent is missing certain settings. For example, the item is missing one or more of the following settings:
 * A follow-up flag
 * The level of importance
 * The color category



CAUSE
This problem occurs if the following conditions are true:
 * You use Outlook 2007 to add an item to the discussion board by using one of the following methods:
 * You send or forward an e-mail message to the discussion board.
 * You post to the discussion board. The Edit access permission setting of the discussion board that you post to is set to None.
 * The e-mail message or the post that you send uses one or more of the following settings:
 * The e-mail message or the post contains a follow-up flag.
 * The level of importance of the e-mail message or the post is set to a level other than Normal.
 * The e-mail message or the post is assigned to a color category.

In this scenario, the setting or settings are not propagated to the item when you view the discussion board in Outlook 2007.



STATUS
Microsoft has confirmed that this is a problem in the Microsoft products that are listed in the &quot;Applies to&quot; section.



MORE INFORMATION
For more information about how to participate in discussion boards that are located in a Windows SharePoint Services 3.0 Web site, see Outlook 2007 Help. To do this, click Microsoft Office Outlook Help on the Help menu, type participate in discussions on a SharePoint site, and then click Search to view a list of relevant topics.

Additional query words: wssv3 wss ol2007 outlook2007 topic list

Keywords: kbpending kbbug kbtshoot kbexpertisebeginner KB920276

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