Out of OFfice Assistant

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Brian Rogge

How do I turn off the Out of Office Assistant?

I am not on an Exchange Server. Somehow the option became
available when I was searching through the menus. I
turned it on as I was going out of town. Now I can't turn
it off because it does not show up on the menu structure
(any of them).

I did look for the resiliency entry in the registry but it
is not there for Outlook.

Any ideas?
 
Were you on an Exchange server when you enabled it? It's an Exchange
specific feature and in fact, it resides on the Exchange server, so you need
to connect to the Exchange server to disable it.

Non-Exchange users need to use rules to mimic OOF - look over your rules.
 
That's the odd thing. I am not on an Exchange Server. I
didn't realize at the time that the OOA was only available
when connected to an Exchange server.

I was exploring some of the Outlook options and came
across some of the add-ins. I installed some of them and
that's when the OOA option became available. Again, not
realizing it was only supposed to be available when on an
Exchange Server I activated it.

I suspect an undocumented feature allowed the option to
appear erroneously.

-----Original Message-----
Were you on an Exchange server when you enabled it? It's an Exchange
specific feature and in fact, it resides on the Exchange server, so you need
to connect to the Exchange server to disable it.

Non-Exchange users need to use rules to mimic OOF - look over your rules.

--
Diane Poremsky [MVP - Outlook]
Author, Teach Yourself Outlook 2003 in 24 Hours
Coauthor, OneNote 2003 for Windows (Visual QuickStart Guide)
Author, Google and Other Search Engines (Visual QuickStart Guide)


Outlook & Exchange Solutions Center: http://www.slipstick.com




How do I turn off the Out of Office Assistant?

I am not on an Exchange Server. Somehow the option became
available when I was searching through the menus. I
turned it on as I was going out of town. Now I can't turn
it off because it does not show up on the menu structure
(any of them).

I did look for the resiliency entry in the registry but it
is not there for Outlook.

Any ideas?
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Don't know what add ins you added, but if you don't connect to an Exchange
server, there is no automatic out of office autoreply. You'd have to spoof
it with rules, and note that this means leaving Outlook open, and connected
to the internet, for the duration of your absence.

See http://www.slipstick.com/rules/index.htm for help.

Also see http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=196718 - it explains how to set
up a template so that autoreply fires only once per sender (as Out of Office
does) to avoid mail loops.

Brian said:
That's the odd thing. I am not on an Exchange Server. I
didn't realize at the time that the OOA was only available
when connected to an Exchange server.

I was exploring some of the Outlook options and came
across some of the add-ins. I installed some of them and
that's when the OOA option became available. Again, not
realizing it was only supposed to be available when on an
Exchange Server I activated it.

I suspect an undocumented feature allowed the option to
appear erroneously.

-----Original Message-----
Were you on an Exchange server when you enabled it? It's an Exchange
specific feature and in fact, it resides on the Exchange server, so
you need to connect to the Exchange server to disable it.

Non-Exchange users need to use rules to mimic OOF - look over your
rules.

--
Diane Poremsky [MVP - Outlook]
Author, Teach Yourself Outlook 2003 in 24 Hours
Coauthor, OneNote 2003 for Windows (Visual QuickStart Guide)
Author, Google and Other Search Engines (Visual QuickStart Guide)







Brian Rogge said:
How do I turn off the Out of Office Assistant?

I am not on an Exchange Server. Somehow the option became
available when I was searching through the menus. I
turned it on as I was going out of town. Now I can't turn
it off because it does not show up on the menu structure
(any of them).

I did look for the resiliency entry in the registry but it
is not there for Outlook.

Any ideas?
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I figured it out. User required memory upgrade.
Installation complete. Thanks for your help.
-----Original Message-----
Don't know what add ins you added, but if you don't connect to an Exchange
server, there is no automatic out of office autoreply. You'd have to spoof
it with rules, and note that this means leaving Outlook open, and connected
to the internet, for the duration of your absence.

See http://www.slipstick.com/rules/index.htm for help.

Also see http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=196718 - it explains how to set
up a template so that autoreply fires only once per sender (as Out of Office
does) to avoid mail loops.

Brian said:
That's the odd thing. I am not on an Exchange Server. I
didn't realize at the time that the OOA was only available
when connected to an Exchange server.

I was exploring some of the Outlook options and came
across some of the add-ins. I installed some of them and
that's when the OOA option became available. Again, not
realizing it was only supposed to be available when on an
Exchange Server I activated it.

I suspect an undocumented feature allowed the option to
appear erroneously.

-----Original Message-----
Were you on an Exchange server when you enabled it? It's an Exchange
specific feature and in fact, it resides on the Exchange server, so
you need to connect to the Exchange server to disable it.

Non-Exchange users need to use rules to mimic OOF - look over your
rules.

--
Diane Poremsky [MVP - Outlook]
Author, Teach Yourself Outlook 2003 in 24 Hours
Coauthor, OneNote 2003 for Windows (Visual QuickStart Guide)
Author, Google and Other Search Engines (Visual QuickStart Guide)


Outlook & Exchange Solutions Center: http://www.slipstick.com




How do I turn off the Out of Office Assistant?

I am not on an Exchange Server. Somehow the option became
available when I was searching through the menus. I
turned it on as I was going out of town. Now I can't turn
it off because it does not show up on the menu structure
(any of them).

I did look for the resiliency entry in the registry but it
is not there for Outlook.

Any ideas?


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LOL :-)
I figured it out. User required memory upgrade.
Installation complete. Thanks for your help.
-----Original Message-----
Don't know what add ins you added, but if you don't connect to an
Exchange server, there is no automatic out of office autoreply.
You'd have to spoof it with rules, and note that this means leaving
Outlook open, and connected to the internet, for the duration of
your absence.

See http://www.slipstick.com/rules/index.htm for help.

Also see http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=196718 - it explains how
to set up a template so that autoreply fires only once per sender (as Out of Office
does) to avoid mail loops.

Brian said:
That's the odd thing. I am not on an Exchange Server. I
didn't realize at the time that the OOA was only available
when connected to an Exchange server.

I was exploring some of the Outlook options and came
across some of the add-ins. I installed some of them and
that's when the OOA option became available. Again, not
realizing it was only supposed to be available when on an
Exchange Server I activated it.

I suspect an undocumented feature allowed the option to
appear erroneously.


-----Original Message-----
Were you on an Exchange server when you enabled it? It's an
Exchange specific feature and in fact, it resides on the Exchange
server, so you need to connect to the Exchange server to disable
it.

Non-Exchange users need to use rules to mimic OOF - look over your
rules.

--
Diane Poremsky [MVP - Outlook]
Author, Teach Yourself Outlook 2003 in 24 Hours
Coauthor, OneNote 2003 for Windows (Visual QuickStart Guide)
Author, Google and Other Search Engines (Visual QuickStart Guide)







message How do I turn off the Out of Office Assistant?

I am not on an Exchange Server. Somehow the option became
available when I was searching through the menus. I
turned it on as I was going out of town. Now I can't turn
it off because it does not show up on the menu structure
(any of them).

I did look for the resiliency entry in the registry but it
is not there for Outlook.

Any ideas?


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