enable small user to have "out of office" capability

[Guest]

I am a small office user and I really like Outlook. One capability that
Outlook student edition lacks is the "out of office" capability that I had in
the Corporate world.
It would be greatly appreciated if this feature could be included in Outlook
for small users.

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[Diane Poremsky [MVP]]

you can do it - you need to use rules wizard
http://www.slipstick.com/rules/autoreply.htm#otherrw

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[Karl Burrows]

Doesn't this also propagate spam since the auto reply is ignorant of who is
sending the email?

you can do it - you need to use rules wizard
http://www.slipstick.com/rules/autoreply.htm#otherrw

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[Milly Staples [MVP - Outlook]]

Absolutely, which is why I recommend using your ISP "vacation" message if
they offer one.

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After furious head scratching, Karl Burrows asked:

| Doesn't this also propagate spam since the auto reply is ignorant of
| who is sending the email?
|
| | you can do it - you need to use rules wizard
| http://www.slipstick.com/rules/autoreply.htm#otherrw
|
|
| || I am a small office user and I really like Outlook. One capability
|| that Outlook student edition lacks is the "out of office" capability
|| that I had in
|| the Corporate world.
|| It would be greatly appreciated if this feature could be included in
|| Outlook
|| for small users.
||
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|| This post is a suggestion for Microsoft, and Microsoft responds to
|| the suggestions with the most votes. To vote for this suggestion,
|| click the "I Agree" button in the message pane. If you do not see
|| the button, follow this
|| link to open the suggestion in the Microsoft Web-based Newsreader
|| and then click "I Agree" in the message pane.
||
||
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[Diane Poremsky [MVP]]

It can - or you can set the rule to only reply to people in your address
book or meeting other specific conditions. Not that many spammers would get
the reply because they use false addresses that bounce, so it really doesn't
matter - when your mail server accepts the connection it validates the
address as potentially valid.

I don't use auto-replies for other reasons - specifically because I don't
want people to know I take a lot of long weekends. <g>

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Diane Poremsky [MVP - Outlook]
Author, Teach Yourself Outlook 2003 in 24 Hours
Coauthor, OneNote 2003 for Windows (Visual QuickStart Guide)

Need Help with Common Tasks? http://www.outlook-tips.net/beginner/

Doesn't this also propagate spam since the auto reply is ignorant of who
is
sending the email?

you can do it - you need to use rules wizard
http://www.slipstick.com/rules/autoreply.htm#otherrw

--
Diane Poremsky [MVP - Outlook]
Author, Teach Yourself Outlook 2003 in 24 Hours
Coauthor, OneNote 2003 for Windows (Visual QuickStart Guide)

Need Help with Common Tasks? http://www.outlook-tips.net/beginner/

I am a small office user and I really like Outlook. One capability that
Outlook student edition lacks is the "out of office" capability that I
had
in
the Corporate world.
It would be greatly appreciated if this feature could be included in
Outlook
for small users.

----------------
This post is a suggestion for Microsoft, and Microsoft responds to the
suggestions with the most votes. To vote for this suggestion, click the
"I
Agree" button in the message pane. If you do not see the button, follow
this
link to open the suggestion in the Microsoft Web-based Newsreader and
then
click "I Agree" in the message pane.

http://www.microsoft.com/office/com...a1d4-fe75945be7af&dg=microsoft.public.outlook