Vacation email - internal and external

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Can one set up vacation email to let those in the company know you're
out for a 1 week vacationand to refer to a co-workers, but not for
external emails (discussion groups, news signup, etc)?
Thanks
Mike
 
Mike said:
Can one set up vacation email to let those in the company know you're
out for a 1 week vacationand to refer to a co-workers, but not for
external emails (discussion groups, news signup, etc)?
Thanks
Mike
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Answered in 24hoursupport.helpdesk.

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Can one set up vacation email to let those in the company know
you're
out for a 1 week vacationand to refer to a co-workers, but not for
external emails (discussion groups, news signup, etc)?
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That should be the normal configuration within Exchange. When using
Exchange as the e-mail server, and, I believe, with the default setup,
the OOO (Out Of Office) replies should only be sent to Exchange
subscribers (i.e., employees within the same Exchange organization).
A company does not want to look stupid in not being able to cover for
employee absences or termination in not having a suitable alternate
assigned to accept those e-mails. A company also doesn't want to help
spambots determine which are valid e-mail addresses.

Talk to whomever is the Exchange admin at your company. They'll know
if the auto-responder in Exchange is configured to deliver those
auto-replies to only other Exchange subscribers or if they are allowed
for externally received e-mails.
 
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It was also posted in an Outlook *Express* newsgroup...so, is it Outlook or
OE? ;-)

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: >> Can one set up vacation email to let those in the company know you're
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: >> external emails (discussion groups, news signup, etc)?
: >> Thanks
: >> Mike
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So, is the OP going to tell us if it's OE or Outlook? Makes a difference as
to the answer.

If Outllook, is an exchange server involved? Makes a difference as to the
answer.

Rather than playing net nanny, are *you* going to help or not help?


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: Mike
 
I would have, had Vanguard not answered the question already -

"That should be the normal configuration within Exchange. When using
Exchange as the e-mail server, and, I believe, with the default setup,
the OOO (Out Of Office) replies should only be sent to Exchange
subscribers (i.e., employees within the same Exchange organization).
A company does not want to look stupid in not being able to cover for
employee absences or termination in not having a suitable alternate
assigned to accept those e-mails. A company also doesn't want to help
spambots determine which are valid e-mail addresses.

Talk to whomever is the Exchange admin at your company. They'll know
if the auto-responder in Exchange is configured to deliver those
auto-replies to only other Exchange subscribers or if they are allowed
for externally received e-mails. "











** Please include your Outlook version, Account type, and Windows Version
when requesting assistance **
 
But where is that reply? This message was posted to
microsoft.public.outlook.general & microsoft.public.outlook newsgroups - not
your helpdesk site.










** Please include your Outlook version, Account type, and Windows Version
when requesting assistance **
 
Diane Poremsky said:
But where is that reply? This message was posted to
microsoft.public.outlook.general & microsoft.public.outlook newsgroups -
not your helpdesk site.
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The OP posted the same query to a non-MS News group called
24hoursupport.helpdesk. Most News servers carry it....
 
What if you are using POP mail and not Exchange? How would you then send an
"unavailable" response then?
 
Sidney Friedman said:
What if you are using POP mail and not Exchange? How would you then send
an "unavailable" response then?
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Two options - firstly, your ISP may have a "vacation" function on it's
webmail - many do nowadays. Secondly, you can create a rule to send an
email. the downside of that is that your machine must be on with Outlook
running 24/7, and you would have to be very careful how you constructed the
rule to avoid sending replies to spam.

HTH
 
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