Out Of Office for outlook 2000

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S.R.

Good day all,

Anyone knows of a utility which will do the "Out Of Office" when following
conditions are in place:

1- The Exchange global setting does not allow OOF (default setting)
2- Third party OOF should work even if the client is not running, (Server
based rules)

Thank you all,
Saeed
 
L

Lanwench [MVP - Exchange]

S.R. said:
Good day all,

Anyone knows of a utility which will do the "Out Of Office" when
following conditions are in place:

1- The Exchange global setting does not allow OOF (default setting)

Actually, Out of Office *is* set to work by default - just not to the
Internet. I don't know of any way to bypass this other than just enabling it
on the server.
2- Third party OOF should work even if the client is not running,
(Server based rules)

Don't know of anything other than autoreply rules, and if your server is set
to deny out of office to the internet, it's probably also set to deny
autoreply to the Internet (which is a good thing to leave as is).
 
S

S.R.

Yes you're right I meant to say "out of office" to the internet which is off
by default, here is some hint as how we may be able to do it but we still
look for something "out of the box" unless of course none exist:

About Rules

http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/en-us/exchserv/html/compnent_325v.asp?frame=true



About the Rule Component

http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/en-us/exchserv/html/comcpnts_2qgk.asp?frame=true



HOWTO: Use the Rule.dll Sample to Create an Inbox Rule from Visual Basic

http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;251125



HOW TO: Create an Out-Of-Office Rule with Extended MAPI

http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;308281

"Lanwench [MVP - Exchange]"
 
L

Lanwench [MVP - Exchange]

OK - I've never played with any of this stuff. Maybe it's better if I just
ask what your ultimate goal is? To send out of office autoreplies to only
certain senders? Or to just bypass the 'off by default' setting? If the
latter, I don't see why you wouldn't just open up OOO autoreply to the
Internet and be done with it.

Of course, OOO replies to any and all, including spammers, so you ought to
have some good content filtering software in place or a service like
www.postini.com to prevent spam from being delivered in the first place.

S.R. said:
Yes you're right I meant to say "out of office" to the internet which
is off by default, here is some hint as how we may be able to do it
but we still look for something "out of the box" unless of course
none exist:

About Rules

http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/en-us/exchserv/html/compnent_325v.asp?frame=true



About the Rule Component

http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/en-us/exchserv/html/comcpnts_2qgk.asp?frame=true



HOWTO: Use the Rule.dll Sample to Create an Inbox Rule from Visual
Basic

http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;251125



HOW TO: Create an Out-Of-Office Rule with Extended MAPI

http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;308281

"Lanwench [MVP - Exchange]"
Actually, Out of Office *is* set to work by default - just not to the
Internet. I don't know of any way to bypass this other than just
enabling it
on the server.


Don't know of anything other than autoreply rules, and if your
server is set
to deny out of office to the internet, it's probably also set to deny
autoreply to the Internet (which is a good thing to leave as is).
 
S

S.R.

The "ultimate goal" is to control who can send OOO to the internet and who
cannot. In a multirouting group exchange environment default settings only
allows or disallows for all or none. More specifically we want some routing
groups to be allowed and some not.

Thanks for your time and attention,
"Lanwench [MVP - Exchange]"
OK - I've never played with any of this stuff. Maybe it's better if I just
ask what your ultimate goal is? To send out of office autoreplies to only
certain senders? Or to just bypass the 'off by default' setting? If the
latter, I don't see why you wouldn't just open up OOO autoreply to the
Internet and be done with it.

Of course, OOO replies to any and all, including spammers, so you ought to
have some good content filtering software in place or a service like
www.postini.com to prevent spam from being delivered in the first place.

S.R. said:
Yes you're right I meant to say "out of office" to the internet which
is off by default, here is some hint as how we may be able to do it
but we still look for something "out of the box" unless of course
none exist:

About Rules
http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/en-us/exchserv/html/compnent_325v.asp?frame=true
About the Rule Component
http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/en-us/exchserv/html/comcpnts_2qgk.asp?frame=true
HOWTO: Use the Rule.dll Sample to Create an Inbox Rule from Visual
Basic

http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;251125



HOW TO: Create an Out-Of-Office Rule with Extended MAPI

http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;308281

"Lanwench [MVP - Exchange]"
S.R. wrote:
Good day all,

Anyone knows of a utility which will do the "Out Of Office" when
following conditions are in place:

1- The Exchange global setting does not allow OOF (default setting)

Actually, Out of Office *is* set to work by default - just not to the
Internet. I don't know of any way to bypass this other than just
enabling it
on the server.

2- Third party OOF should work even if the client is not running,
(Server based rules)

Don't know of anything other than autoreply rules, and if your
server is set
to deny out of office to the internet, it's probably also set to deny
autoreply to the Internet (which is a good thing to leave as is).

Thank you all,
Saeed
 
L

Lanwench [MVP - Exchange]

Ahahah - gotcha.

Might want to post in microsoft.public.exchange.admin for more help.

S.R. said:
The "ultimate goal" is to control who can send OOO to the internet
and who cannot. In a multirouting group exchange environment default
settings only allows or disallows for all or none. More specifically
we want some routing groups to be allowed and some not.

Thanks for your time and attention,
"Lanwench [MVP - Exchange]"
OK - I've never played with any of this stuff. Maybe it's better if
I just ask what your ultimate goal is? To send out of office
autoreplies to only certain senders? Or to just bypass the 'off by
default' setting? If the latter, I don't see why you wouldn't just
open up OOO autoreply to the Internet and be done with it.

Of course, OOO replies to any and all, including spammers, so you
ought to have some good content filtering software in place or a
service like www.postini.com to prevent spam from being delivered in
the first place.
http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/e...us/exchserv/html/comcpnts_2qgk.asp?frame=true
HOWTO: Use the Rule.dll Sample to Create an Inbox Rule from Visual
Basic

http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;251125



HOW TO: Create an Out-Of-Office Rule with Extended MAPI

http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;308281

"Lanwench [MVP - Exchange]"
message S.R. wrote:
Good day all,

Anyone knows of a utility which will do the "Out Of Office" when
following conditions are in place:

1- The Exchange global setting does not allow OOF (default
setting)

Actually, Out of Office *is* set to work by default - just not to
the Internet. I don't know of any way to bypass this other than
just enabling
it
on the server.

2- Third party OOF should work even if the client is not running,
(Server based rules)

Don't know of anything other than autoreply rules, and if your
server is
set
to deny out of office to the internet, it's probably also set to
deny autoreply to the Internet (which is a good thing to leave as
is).

Thank you all,
Saeed
 

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