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Hi tbrister, stupid question: are you only assigning to people on your exchange server. Try testing with other people as well. Have user assign a task to you<br />
kfalandays<br />

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Hi tbrister, stupid question: are you only assigning to people on your exchange server. Try testing with other people as well. Have user assign a task to you
kfalandays


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I'm not using Exchange at all. &nbsp;All tasks are being sent and received via a pop3 mail server. &nbsp;It seems I've looked at ever possible setting to no avail. &nbsp;I used this function in Outlook XP w/ no problems. &nbsp;But since migrating to Office 2K3, it not longer works.
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I'm not using Exchange at all.  All tasks are being sent and received via a pop3 mail server.  It seems I've looked at ever possible setting to no avail.  I used this function in Outlook XP w/ no problems.  But since migrating to Office 2K3, it not longer works.

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Any help on this would be greatly appreciated.
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Any help on this would be greatly appreciated.

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Yes, it helps. &nbsp;Looks like I'll be going to Exchange. &nbsp;Thanks for taking time to update.
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Yes, it helps.  Looks like I'll be going to Exchange.  Thanks for taking time to update.

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I'm using Outlook 2K3. &nbsp;When I assign a task to someone, or when one is assigned to me, the recipient cannot open the task and accept it. &nbsp;It won't open at all and will not be placed in the recipients task list. &nbsp;When trying to open, it only changes from unread to read. &nbsp;Any help would be appreciated.
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I'm using Outlook 2K3.  When I assign a task to someone, or when one is assigned to me, the recipient cannot open the task and accept it.  It won't open at all and will not be placed in the recipients task list.  When trying to open, it only changes from unread to read.  Any help would be appreciated.

Recipient of an Assigned Task Cannot Open Task

Microsoft Outlook is a personal information manager from Microsoft, available as a part of the Microsoft Office suite. Although often used mainly as an email application, it also includes a calendar, task manager, contact manager, note-taker, journal, and web browser.