Windows XP Rules and OFT files

[reddogclub]

HI all,
I am trying to get some rules to work since our mail services team has turn off the port to allow out-of-office rules to respond to outside email.

I created client only based rules that stated that a rule from a specific email address will respond with this specific template. When I test this rule, an INBOX0xx oft file is created for each response. Is there a reason this is happening or did I need to do something different with the rule?

I also set-up a second rule that states that anything coming into this machine will get responded with this specific template. The same thing happens here.

It is my understanding that client based rules will only respond to the same email address once a day upon login. If the outlook mailbox is not logged off at least once a day, it will not respond.

Any thoughts on how to get past or fix these issues?

Thanks for your help.
Justine