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Outlook 2007: Out of Office Assistant Notification
In Outlook 2003, when you set up an Out of Office email, every time you logged on it notified you that the out of office notification was on.
In Outlook 2007, it seems that it does not do this, but only shows in the task bar. Is there a way to get Outlook 2007 to notify you that the out of office message is still on - our users keep forgetting to turn it off when they return since they are no longer reminded (and always overlook the icon)?
In Outlook 2007, it seems that it does not do this, but only shows in the task bar. Is there a way to get Outlook 2007 to notify you that the out of office message is still on - our users keep forgetting to turn it off when they return since they are no longer reminded (and always overlook the icon)?
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Yes,
Currently using Exchange 2003, migrating to Exchange 2007. So even if the solution can only be done when on Exchange 2007, that is fine.
>>In Exchange 2007, you can set the dates when the Out of Office message is sent, and also designate different messages for Internal, vs. External messages.
Yes we know that, but that is not what I am asking. We are looking for how to have Outlook 2007 alert you when the Out of Office Assistant is set, as it did in Outlook 2003.
However, it seems that this is an Outlook setting, not an Exchange setting, since it worked in Outlook 2003 with Exchange 2003 and not in Outlook 2007 with Exchange 2003
Currently using Exchange 2003, migrating to Exchange 2007. So even if the solution can only be done when on Exchange 2007, that is fine.
>>In Exchange 2007, you can set the dates when the Out of Office message is sent, and also designate different messages for Internal, vs. External messages.
Yes we know that, but that is not what I am asking. We are looking for how to have Outlook 2007 alert you when the Out of Office Assistant is set, as it did in Outlook 2003.
However, it seems that this is an Outlook setting, not an Exchange setting, since it worked in Outlook 2003 with Exchange 2003 and not in Outlook 2007 with Exchange 2003
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Thanks.
Glad to assist. Thanks for the grade & points.
From the MS Website....
Out of Office Assistant Previously, when you started Outlook, and your Out of Office Assistant was turned on, an information alert dialog box appeared. In Office Outlook 2007, when you have Out of Office autoreplies turned on, a notice appears on the status bar. When you use an Exchange 2007 account, you can now schedule your Out of Office times in advance and not have to worry about forgetting to turn the Out of Assistant on or off. Additionally, when you use Exchange 2007 e-mail accounts, you can specify separate messages for recipients who are inside your organization and those who are outside of it. For more information, see Automatically reply to incoming messages while out of the office.
http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/outlook/HA100743061033.aspx?pid=CH101535021033
Out of Office Assistant Previously, when you started Outlook, and your Out of Office Assistant was turned on, an information alert dialog box appeared. In Office Outlook 2007, when you have Out of Office autoreplies turned on, a notice appears on the status bar. When you use an Exchange 2007 account, you can now schedule your Out of Office times in advance and not have to worry about forgetting to turn the Out of Assistant on or off. Additionally, when you use Exchange 2007 e-mail accounts, you can specify separate messages for recipients who are inside your organization and those who are outside of it. For more information, see Automatically reply to incoming messages while out of the office.
http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/outlook/HA100743061033.aspx?pid=CH101535021033
In Exchange 2007, you can set the dates when the Out of Office message is sent, and also designate different messages for Internal, vs. External messages.
Are you using Exchange? If not, I have another thought for you.