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out-of-office rule help
For outlook 2003
I want my out of office assistant to send notifications to those within my organization (anybody@mycompany.com) or very specific people outside it (like select vendors). This way I don't auto-respond to spammers and verify my address for them. Cc and Bcc blocking are already enabled, but more sophisticated spammers use more direct approaches than cc:/bcc: lists.
I want my out of office assistant to send notifications to those within my organization (anybody@mycompany.com) or very specific people outside it (like select vendors). This way I don't auto-respond to spammers and verify my address for them. Cc and Bcc blocking are already enabled, but more sophisticated spammers use more direct approaches than cc:/bcc: lists.
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OK, I'll take the all or nothing approach. How do I avoid sending out of office responces outside the orginization?
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Can't fudge with the exchange settings.
Maybe a non 'out of office assistant' method based puely on rules.
Perhaps a complex inbox rule could perform OOO actions OR the rule could launch OOO after some inbox conditions are met.
This will take some mucking around.
Maybe a non 'out of office assistant' method based puely on rules.
Perhaps a complex inbox rule could perform OOO actions OR the rule could launch OOO after some inbox conditions are met.
This will take some mucking around.
It might be possible, but I think it'll be difficult. I could do this with a bit of VBA scripting, but that would only work when Outlook is open and running.
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By default sending of out-of-office reply messages to the Internet is disabled in Microsoft Exchange 2003. Many administrators do not allow out-of-office reply messages to be sent outside the Exchange organization to prevent unauthorized people from learning when users are out of the office.
You can specify a specific domain to receive out of office replies.
Modify the Internet Message Formats. The default SMTP domain is "*". In the Properties box, click the Advanced tab, and then click to select the Out of office responses check box. This enables Out-of-Office responses to the Internet for the selected domain.
Create a New SMTP Policy. Use the Domain Node option to create a new SMTP policy for a domain that you send e-mail to. Creating a domain node does not create a new domain in your organization. Instead it creates a new set of SMTP guidelines that determine how SMTP sends e-mail to a remote domain.
This is for the server ... exchange 2003.
regards
Karyl
By default sending of out-of-office reply messages to the Internet is disabled in Microsoft Exchange 2003. Many administrators do not allow out-of-office reply messages to be sent outside the Exchange organization to prevent unauthorized people from learning when users are out of the office.
You can specify a specific domain to receive out of office replies.
Modify the Internet Message Formats. The default SMTP domain is "*". In the Properties box, click the Advanced tab, and then click to select the Out of office responses check box. This enables Out-of-Office responses to the Internet for the selected domain.
Create a New SMTP Policy. Use the Domain Node option to create a new SMTP policy for a domain that you send e-mail to. Creating a domain node does not create a new domain in your organization. Instead it creates a new set of SMTP guidelines that determine how SMTP sends e-mail to a remote domain.
This is for the server ... exchange 2003.
regards
Karyl
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Thanks, it seems a somewhat difficult issue. I've had mixed results with rules, but it's obvious it's not something MS intended to be done.
That's not possible. OOO messages will always go to those in the same Exchange organization, assuming that you're using Exchange, but it's an all or nothing proposition for senders outside of the organization.
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