out of office query

[tomlowry0707]

I’ve been asked to check whether it is possible to set up ‘Out of Office’ responses for each email received when someone is away. Currently, they are only sent in response to the first email received from each individual who sends an email during a period of absence. Can anyone help?

Thanks Tom

 

[joepc]

From Microsoft:

The Out of Office Assistant sends an automatic reply to notify users who send you messages that you are away from the office. Your reply is only sent once to a message sender. The count is reset when you toggle the Out of Office Assistant. Microsoft Exchange clears its internal "sent to" list when you disable the Out of Office Assistant.

If you would like to have a reply sent for every message, use Rules instead of the Out of Office Assistant.

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/157961

 

[jimcoo]

I would be careful when setting up this kind of rule. If two users have rules like this running at the same time, they could end up firing out of office messages at each other until somebody's mailbox fills up.

You might have to put a filter on the rule, such as, do not reply to messages with 'Out of Office:' in the subject.

Jim

 

[Zelandakh]

Agree with Jim, a rule is not a good way round. Why would you want to do this?