Using ColdFusion CFMail to send Microsoft Outlook Appointment Request

I was asked to find a way to send a Microsoft Outlook Appointment Request email using ColdFusion cfmail tag. I was very much in luck with ColdFusion 8. Below is cfmail code I found that produces the outlook meeting request.

<cfmail to="test@test.com" from="youremail@test.com" subject="Test appointment" type="multipart">
<cfmailparam name="content-class" value="urn:content-classes:calendarmessage">
<cfmailparam name="content-type" value="text">
<cfmailparam name="method" value="request">
<cfmailparam name="charset" value="utf-8">
<cfmailparam name="content-transfer-encoding" value="7bit">
<cfmailpart type="text">
TEST TEST TEST
</cfmailpart>
<cfmailpart type="text/calendar">
BEGIN:VCALENDAR
PRODID:-//Microsoft Corporation//Outlook 11.0 MINMEDIR//EN
VERSION:2.0
METHOD:PUBLISH
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART:20080317T123000Z
DTEND:20080317T133000Z
LOCATION: Reno
TRANSP:OPAQUE
SEQUENCE:0
UID:0
DTSTAMP:20080303T140000Z
DESCRIPTION:Descriptive text here.\n
SUMMARY:Short summary here
PRIORITY:5
X-MICROSOFT-CDO-IMPORTANCE:1
CLASS:PUBLIC
END:VEVENT
END:VCALENDAR
</cfmailpart>
</cfmail>

All you need to do is setup a simple input form and call the appropriate variables needed (recipient email, body of email, DTSTART, DTEND etc.). For more information on how to create a vCalendar file check out the following link http://support.microsoft.com/kb/287625

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