LO51819: DELETING A MEETING FROM THE INBOX DOES NOT SEND A DECLINE

APAR status

• Closed as fixed if next.

Error description

• The Lotus Notes 8.5 Help database for the Title "Removing
  meeting invitations from your Inbox" has incorrect information:
  
  The help file states:
  "Removing meeting invitations from your Inbox"
  
  You can have IBMﾩ Lotus Notesﾩ remove meeting invitations from
  your Inbox automatically.
  You can set your calendar preferences to automatically remove
  meeting invitations from your Inbox after you respond to them.
  1.  Click File >  Preferences, click Calendar and To Do, and
  then click Display.
  2.  Click Notices.
  3.  In the Display the following meeting notices in my Inbox
  field, select either All or All except responses.
  4.  Select Remove meeting notices from my Inbox after I process
  them.
  5.  Click OK.
  
  Note: If you delete a meeting invitation from your Inbox rather
  than respond to it, Notesﾩ sends a decline notice to the meeting
  chair.
  
  
  The section that is INCORRECT is:
  Note: If you delete a meeting invitation from your Inbox rather
  than respond to it, Notesﾩ sends a decline notice to the meeting
  chair.
  
  I have reproduced this issue in 7.0.4 and 8.5.1FP1 Notes
  Standard Clients.
  
  If you delete a meeting invite from your inbox without
  responding the chairperson does NOT receive a decline notice.
  This is either a BUG and or the documentation is incorrect.
  

Local fix

• Workaround: Open the meeting and Decline the meeting. This will
  then send a Decline notice to the chairperson.
  

Problem summary

• This APAR is closed as FIN. We have deferred the fix to a
   future release.
  

Problem conclusion

Temporary fix

Comments

• This APAR is associated with SPR# ABUI85MKW2.
  
  This APAR is closed as FIN. We have deferred the fix to a
   future release.
  

APAR Information

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Fix information

Applicable component levels

• R800 PSN

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