Notifiying Away on Holiday Emails

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How do i set up my email account to notify incoming emails that i'm away on
holiday or out of the office until such time? I've looked through the options
but just can't find the set up information.

Thanks
Nick
 
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Nick said:
How do i set up my email account to notify incoming emails that
i'm
away on holiday or out of the office until such time? I've
looked
through the options but just can't find the set up information.
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*If* you can do it in your E-mail program, how to do it depends
on what E-mail program you're using. Which is it?
 
Nick said:
How do i set up my email account to notify incoming emails that i'm away
on
holiday or out of the office until such time? I've looked through the
options
but just can't find the set up information.

Thanks
Nick
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Haven't done this but look at:

Tools Create Rule from Message

Then check:
All Messages
Reply with Message
click on underlined message. Looks like you have to create a .eml file with
your reply in it.

Good luck
Billh
 
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Nick said:
Thank you for coming back.

I am using outlook express in Windows XP.
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I don't personally use Outlook Express for E-mail, so I'm not a
good source for an answer for you. I don't *think* you can do
this in Outlook Express, but perhaps someone who knows OE better
than I do can answer for sure.

If you don't get a definitive answer here, try asking in an
Outlook Express newsgroup, which is more suited to your question
than this Windows XP newsgroup.
 
Thanks billh but that didn't seem to work. I'm finishing work now but will be
back in tomorrow so any other suggestions please post and i'll check tomorrow.
Thanks
Nick
 
Try the Outlook Express newsgroup. The question comes up quite often. And
it's very dangerous to do it.

Tom
| Thanks billh but that didn't seem to work. I'm finishing work now but will
be
| back in tomorrow so any other suggestions please post and i'll check
tomorrow.
| Thanks
| Nick
|
| "billh" wrote:
|
| >
| > | > > How do i set up my email account to notify incoming emails that i'm
away
| > > on
| > > holiday or out of the office until such time? I've looked through the
| > > options
| > > but just can't find the set up information.
| > >
| > > Thanks
| > > Nick
| >
| > Haven't done this but look at:
| >
| > Tools Create Rule from Message
| >
| > Then check:
| > All Messages
| > Reply with Message
| > click on underlined message. Looks like you have to create a .eml file
with
| > your reply in it.
| >
| > Good luck
| > Billh
| >
| >
| >
| >
| >
| >
 
To create a rule for e-mail messages to automatically with a return TEXT
message. Test by sending an email to: (e-mail address removed)

1.. On the Tools menu, point to Message Rules, and then click Mail.
Message rules cannot be created for IMAP or HTTP e-mail accounts.

2.. If this is the first rule you are creating, proceed to step 3.
Otherwise, on the Mail Rules tab, click New and proceed to step 4.
3.. Select the conditions for your rule by selecting the desired check
boxes in the Conditions section. (You must select at least one condition.)
You can specify multiple conditions for a single rule by selecting more
than one check box. Click the and hyperlink in the Rule Description section
to specify whether all of the rule conditions must be met before the
specified action occurs (and), or whether at least one must be met (or).

4.. Specify the actions for your rule by selecting the desired check boxes
in the Actions section. (You must select at least one condition.)
5.. Click the underlined hyperlinks in the Rule Description section to
specify the conditions or actions for your rule.
You can click contains people or contains specific words in the Rule
Description section to specify the people or words you'd like Outlook
Express to look for in messages. If you enter multiple people or multiple
words per condition, use the Options button in the Select People or Type
Specific Words dialog boxes to further customize the condition.

6.. In the Name of the rule text box, select the default name or type a
new name for your rule, and then click OK.
Notes

a.. You can create a new rule by selecting an existing one on the Message
Rules tab and clicking Copy. This is helpful when the new rule you want to
create is similar to an existing one.
b.. You can create a rule from a message by selecting an e-mail message in
the main window and then on the Message menu clicking Create Rule from
Message. This helps by automatically filling in the name of the person on
the From line; no other information from the message, however, is entered
into the rule.
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absolute property - either as a child, a wife, or a concubine - must delay
the final extinction of slavery until the faith of Islam has ceased to be a
great power among men.

Winston Churchill - London, England
http://www.winstonchurchill.org
 
You can do it with message rules. BUT..your PC would have to be on 24/7
with OE running. The notification would be sent to any spam you receive
also. When the return address is not valid, you would receive
notification that your message had bounced. You would reply to this
message...it would bounce....you would reply to this message.....it
would bounce....ad infinitum.
Plus, you have just announced to all the world that you are on holiday.
Why not just put a notice on your door and invite everyone to burgle
you?
 
Big Thank You to everyone that's replied and tried to help. By the looks of
things it appears it's not worth it, so i shall imform my boss and tell it
the implications. Thank you once again.
 
It's not the length of time to set it up, or lack of it. It's the
security and privacey aspect. You wouldn't post a note through all your
neigbourboods letterboxes letting them know you are away, even if you
did know them all, would you? Why do the same by email? Much better to
contact your trusted friends by phone and inform them of the fact.
 
Your point is valid, however the original poster mentioned "out of the
office or away on holidays" which assuming his office is not in his home and
is more than just him is not really much of a security risk. Lots of
companies want their employees to have such messages to prevent something
from falling through the cracks because the recipient is away. If the
person has an assistant then they could monitor the email but sometimes that
is not practical because of other privacy concerns. The point made by
another poster regarding spam validating email addresses and ping-ponging
is very valid, but if the company is large enough or technically aware they
would have anti-spam filters. Since he is using OE rather than Outlook, I
would guess the operation is small.
billh
 
That doesn't change the fact about the continuous loop that occurs because
of spam and false addresses. Very dangerous.

Tom
| Your point is valid, however the original poster mentioned "out of the
| office or away on holidays" which assuming his office is not in his home
and
| is more than just him is not really much of a security risk. Lots of
| companies want their employees to have such messages to prevent something
| from falling through the cracks because the recipient is away. If the
| person has an assistant then they could monitor the email but sometimes
that
| is not practical because of other privacy concerns. The point made by
| another poster regarding spam validating email addresses and ping-ponging
| is very valid, but if the company is large enough or technically aware
they
| would have anti-spam filters. Since he is using OE rather than Outlook, I
| would guess the operation is small.
| billh
|
| | > It's not the length of time to set it up, or lack of it. It's the
security
| > and privacey aspect. You wouldn't post a note through all your
| > neigbourboods letterboxes letting them know you are away, even if you
did
| > know them all, would you? Why do the same by email? Much better to
contact
| > your trusted friends by phone and inform them of the fact.
| > --
| > Kath Adams
| > MS MVP - Windows (IE/OE)
| >
| > (e-mail address removed)-REMOVE wrote:
| >> I agree as it took at least 30 seconds to click through the new rule
| >> options to set it up.
| >>
| >> | >>> Big Thank You to everyone that's replied and tried to help. By the
| >>> looks of
| >>> things it appears it's not worth it, so i shall imform my boss and
| >>> tell it the implications. Thank you once again.
| >>>
| >>>
| >>> "(e-mail address removed)-REMOVE" wrote:
| >>>
| >>>> To create a rule for e-mail messages to automatically with a return
| >>>> TEXT message. Test by sending an email to: (e-mail address removed)
| >>>>
| >>>> 1.. On the Tools menu, point to Message Rules, and then click
| >>>> Mail. Message rules cannot be created for IMAP or HTTP e-mail
| >>>> accounts. 2.. If this is the first rule you are creating, proceed to
| >>>> step 3.
| >>>> Otherwise, on the Mail Rules tab, click New and proceed to step 4.
| >>>> 3.. Select the conditions for your rule by selecting the desired
| >>>> check boxes in the Conditions section. (You must select at least one
| >>>> condition.)
| >>>> You can specify multiple conditions for a single rule by
| >>>> selecting more than one check box. Click the and hyperlink in the
| >>>> Rule Description section
| >>>> to specify whether all of the rule conditions must be met before the
| >>>> specified action occurs (and), or whether at least one must be met
| >>>> (or). 4.. Specify the actions for your rule by selecting the desired
| >>>> check boxes
| >>>> in the Actions section. (You must select at least one condition.)
| >>>> 5.. Click the underlined hyperlinks in the Rule Description
| >>>> section to specify the conditions or actions for your rule.
| >>>> You can click contains people or contains specific words in the
| >>>> Rule Description section to specify the people or words you'd like
| >>>> Outlook Express to look for in messages. If you enter multiple
| >>>> people or multiple words per condition, use the Options button in
| >>>> the Select People or Type Specific Words dialog boxes to further
| >>>> customize the condition. 6.. In the Name of the rule text box, select
| >>>> the default name or
| >>>> type a new name for your rule, and then click OK.
| >>>> Notes
| >>>>
| >>>> a.. You can create a new rule by selecting an existing one on the
| >>>> Message
| >>>> Rules tab and clicking Copy. This is helpful when the new rule you
| >>>> want to
| >>>> create is similar to an existing one.
| >>>> b.. You can create a rule from a message by selecting an e-mail
| >>>> message in
| >>>> the main window and then on the Message menu clicking Create Rule
| >>>> from Message. This helps by automatically filling in the name of
| >>>> the person on the From line; no other information from the message,
| >>>> however, is entered into the rule.
| >>>> The fact that in Mohammedan law every woman must belong to some man
| >>>> as his
| >>>> absolute property - either as a child, a wife, or a concubine - must
| >>>> delay
| >>>> the final extinction of slavery until the faith of Islam has ceased
| >>>> to be a
| >>>> great power among men.
| >>>>
| >>>> Winston Churchill - London, England
| >>>> http://www.winstonchurchill.org
| >>>>
| >>>> | >>>>> How do i set up my email account to notify incoming emails that i'm
| >>>>> away
| >>>>> on
| >>>>> holiday or out of the office until such time? I've looked through
| >>>>> the options
| >>>>> but just can't find the set up information.
| >>>>>
| >>>>> Thanks
| >>>>> Nick
| >
| >
| >
|
|
 
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