Replying with a template via Rules and Alerts

[tsbarr]

I have set up a rule to reply with a template when I receive emails from a
certain sender. The problem is the sender address is "(e-mail address removed) on
behalf of (e-mail address removed)". What I want is for the reply to be sent to the
on behalf address, and that works if I just reply manually to the email - the
on behalf address is populated in the "To:" field. However, when the rule
replies with the template, it sends to the actual sender's address, not the
on behalf address. Is there anyway to have the on behalf address used in
this situation???

Thanks!

 

[Diane Poremsky [MVP]]

There is no way around it within Outlook that I'm aware of. Utilities might
use the other field - see http://www.slipstick.com/addins/auto.asp for tools
which may do it.

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[tsbarr]

Thanks for the reply Diane. I am pretty familiar with VB for Excel, but not
for Outlook. Since there is an option in Rules and Alerts to run a script
when a message comes in, I would think you could write one that 1) grabs the
address that comes after the "on behalf" part of the sender address, 2) opens
the reply template, 3) puts that address in the "To:" field, then sends.
What do you think? If that sounds feasible, is that something you could give
me some direction on?

Thanks again,
Tim

There is no way around it within Outlook that I'm aware of. Utilities might
use the other field - see http://www.slipstick.com/addins/auto.asp for tools
which may do it.

--
Diane Poremsky [MVP - Outlook]





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I have set up a rule to reply with a template when I receive emails from a
certain sender. The problem is the sender address is "(e-mail address removed) on
behalf of (e-mail address removed)". What I want is for the reply to be sent to
the
on behalf address, and that works if I just reply manually to the email -
the
on behalf address is populated in the "To:" field. However, when the rule
replies with the template, it sends to the actual sender's address, not
the
on behalf address. Is there anyway to have the on behalf address used in
this situation???

Thanks!

 

[Diane Poremsky [MVP]]

I'm not sure if it will work, but start at outlookcode.com for assistance
with scripts.

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Diane Poremsky [MVP - Outlook]





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Thanks for the reply Diane. I am pretty familiar with VB for Excel, but
not
for Outlook. Since there is an option in Rules and Alerts to run a script
when a message comes in, I would think you could write one that 1) grabs
the
address that comes after the "on behalf" part of the sender address, 2)
opens
the reply template, 3) puts that address in the "To:" field, then sends.
What do you think? If that sounds feasible, is that something you could
give
me some direction on?

Thanks again,
Tim

There is no way around it within Outlook that I'm aware of. Utilities
might
use the other field - see http://www.slipstick.com/addins/auto.asp for
tools
which may do it.

--
Diane Poremsky [MVP - Outlook]





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(e-mail address removed)

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http://www.microsoft.com/office/community/en-us/default.mspx or point
your
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I have set up a rule to reply with a template when I receive emails
from a
certain sender. The problem is the sender address is "(e-mail address removed)
on
behalf of (e-mail address removed)". What I want is for the reply to be sent to
the
on behalf address, and that works if I just reply manually to the
email -
the
on behalf address is populated in the "To:" field. However, when the
rule
replies with the template, it sends to the actual sender's address, not
the
on behalf address. Is there anyway to have the on behalf address used
in
this situation???

Thanks!

 

[tsbarr]

Hi all. I still haven't figured this out. If anyone knows of a script that
I can use to reply to a "on behalf of" address when running rules, please let
me know. Thanks!

 

[Dudely]

Hi all.  I still haven't figured this out.  If anyone knows of a script that
I can use to reply to a "on behalf of" address when runningrules, please let
me know.  Thanks!






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I'm no fancy book writer, but why not parse out the address you want
to send to, and then use .ReplyRecipients.Add AddressYouWant