How do I prevent multiple auto-responses to same sender?

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Guest

First off, I'm not using OOO because I want the rule to run permanently.

I want to send an auto-response to every person that emails me stating that
I only check email twice a day at 11 AM and 4 PM and that they can reach me
by cell phone outside of those hours. I only want people to get the
auto-response the first time they email me, not every single time as is
currently happening.

Is it possible to configure this through the rule settings?
 
B

Brian Tillman

halieus said:
I want to send an auto-response to every person that emails me
stating that I only check email twice a day at 11 AM and 4 PM and
that they can reach me by cell phone outside of those hours. I only
want people to get the auto-response the first time they email me,
not every single time as is currently happening.

Is it possible to configure this through the rule settings?
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I don't believe so, no. Rules contain no history. When a rule fires, it
can't know that it fired for the same person earlier in the day.
 
G

Guest

Is it possible to rig the OOO tool to do the same without falsely giving the
impression that I'm away from the office?
 
B

Brian Tillman

halieus said:
Is it possible to rig the OOO tool to do the same without falsely
giving the impression that I'm away from the office?
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I don't think you can change the text the OOA sends.
 
G

Guest

Brian Tillman said:
What I mean is that it will always say "Out of Office".
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One has the response frequency I need, the other has the response content I
need - and never the twain shall meet.

Sigh....
 
F

F. H. Muffman

halieus said:
One has the response frequency I need, the other has the response content
I
need - and never the twain shall meet.

Sigh....
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That's why Outlook is so extensible, so that you (or someone else) can make
it do exactly what you want.

I'd go through the add-ons at http://www.slipstick.com/addins/auto.asp
before writing a solution myself, but, this sort of solution is programmable
into Outlook. It just isn't a direct feature.
 

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