Out of Office

[Guest]

Is there a way to change the default behaviour of the Out of Office?

The default behaviour is that the first time you send an email to someone
who has enables the Out of Office, you get an email saying he/she is out of
the office.

If I send an email a day later to the same person, even though the person is
still away and Out of Office is enabled, I do not get reminded as I did with
the first email. In other words, as long as the person is away and Out of
Office is enabled, why don't I get reminded every time I send an email, not
just the first one?

Can I change that behaviour in Outlook to make it say the person is out of
the office until such time that the person comes back and turns off the Out
of Office?

Thanks
Al

 

[Brian Tillman]

If I send an email a day later to the same person, even though the
person is still away and Out of Office is enabled, I do not get
reminded as I did with the first email. In other words, as long as
the person is away and Out of Office is enabled, why don't I get
reminded every time I send an email, not just the first one?

Because that's the way Exchange is designed, so as to prevent mail loops.

Can I change that behaviour in Outlook to make it say the person is
out of the office until such time that the person comes back and
turns off the Out of Office?

Not with the OOA. You'll need to use a rule.
http://www.slipstick.com/rules/autoreply.htm