Create and cancel meeting invitations in Alibaba Mail

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Create and cancel meeting invitations from the Alibaba Mail Webmail client. Both tasks are performed on the Calendar page.

Prerequisites

  • Access to Alibaba Mail Webmail.

  • To add a meeting room to a meeting invitation, an administrator must create meeting rooms in the management console in advance.

In Webmail, click the Calendar icon in the upper-left corner to go to the Calendar page.

Calendar icon in the upper-left corner of Webmail

Create a meeting invitation

  1. On the Calendar page, create a meeting by using one of the following methods:

    • Start a meeting at the current time — Click New Event in the upper-left corner.

    • Schedule a meeting for a specific time slot — Double-click a blank area of the calendar to create a meeting for the time slot that you select.

    Creating a meeting on the Calendar page

  2. Specify the meeting information in the following order:

    • Recipient address (required)

    • Meeting room

    • Subject

    • Location

    • Time

    • Meeting content

  3. Click Send Meeting.

    Specifying the meeting information

Cancel a meeting invitation

  1. On the Calendar page, click the meeting that you want to cancel.

  2. Click the cancel meeting icon.

    Canceling a meeting on the Calendar page

After you cancel the meeting, all attendees are notified.

Meeting cancellation notification

Meeting cancellation notification interface

The canceled meeting is displayed with a strikethrough, and this status is synchronized to the attendees.

Canceled meeting displayed with a strikethrough

Note

You can delete a meeting only after it is canceled. The deletion applies only to your own mailbox and does not remove the meeting from the mailboxes of other attendees.