Out of office - send a reply to every new email

[dmbfanatpsu]

I have a question concering MS outlook 2000. I was recently faced with a situation where a client wanted his "out of office" to reply to every new email sent to his inbox. Normally, when turning on the "out of office" it will only send a reply to every new person that sends an email. For example....when I send an email to an inbox that has the "out of office" turned on, I will get the "out of office" reply for that email sent. Now, if I send a second email I will not get the "out of office" reply because it already sent one to me. I tried setting up a rule, but couldn't get it to work. Any help appreciated!!!

 

[ElPatNot]

If I remember correctly, there's an option under Outlook 2000 where you specify if you want it to be Only Once per Sender or Every Email Received. I only have access to Outlook 2003, which apparently is significantly better than 2000, but I remember doing this for a few of my users.

El Patrick of Not
Punk at heart, Sys Admin by trade
(Finally lost It)

 

[Spikemannen]

You could make a rule in the "rule wizard" that send a mail to every sender instead of using the "out of office" tool.

 

[dmbfanatpsu]

I already tried using a rule, but I had to set it up as a client rule and thus....it only worked while his inbox was open. As far as the option to "only once per sender" or "every email received" where are these options?

 

[Spikemannen]

This information I got from Microsoft.com about "Out of office":

The rule "answer with template" means that the answer will only be sent once to every sender during a session.
Thus, it will prevent Outlook to send several answers to one sender who has sent several emails.

During one session, all senders will be saved in a list.
When Outlook restarts the list will be removed.

Best Regardz,

Spikemannen