Is it possible to set a rule to automatically turn on/off?

[tmcrae]

We are running Microsoft Outlook 2003 in our office. Currently, if I want to set a rule for when I will be out of the office, I must manually do so (providing, of course, that I remember to set it before I leave the office).

I was wondering if it would be possible to configure it so that this rule would automatically run based on either:

a) events set in my calendar, or
b) email which arrives within a specific date and time frame

Specifically, I would like to schedule my vacation on my Outlook Calendar and have Outlook automatically turn on my "Out of Office" rule/message on the day my vacation starts (and, likewise, turn it off on the last day of my vacation). I would also like this functionality for mail arriving during non-working hours (including weekends). In both cases, since I cannot access my work email account from anyplace other than the office, I would like the email forwarded to a second email address.

Can this be done?

 

[franklin97355]

The forwarding and the start and stop dates are part of the out of office assistant. how to link this to the calendar I'm not sure.

The answer is "42"

 

[franklin97355]

You might try setting the time on your calendar as 'out of office' and see if the mail rules pick this up.

The answer is "42"

 

[58sniper]

That's not going to work that way. OOF is a bad idea (security concern) if it's going to the Internet - I'm not a fan of it.

As far as I know, there is not native way to do that, since the server processes OOF at a higher section of the server than your mailbox.

Pat Richard, MCSE(2) MCSA:Messaging, CNA(2)