out of office assistant not working

J

Joe

I have Outlook XP and when I set up my out of office
assistant by typing a short reply message in the box and
then turn it on by clicking on the I am out of the office
button, it does not work. I have tested it quite a bit
and it never sends back an auto reply. Any help??????
 
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neo [mvp outlook]

FWIW, the default configuration of Microsoft Exchange 5.5 and newer doesn't
permit out of office notifications to leave the organization. The exchange
administrator would have to turn it on and it is a tough sell because the
feature will introduce mail loops. (if a loop goes unchecked, it can bring
down the exchange server.)
 
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Lanwench [MVP - Exchange]

.....actually, as OOO replies only once per sender (by design), it is
unlikely to get into a mail loop war. Some claim to have seen this happen -
in many years of working with Exchange, I've never seen it once. However, it
*does* reply to spammers, which can generate more spam, and a lot of
companies view it as a security risk.

<effendi>
 
M

Milly Staples [MVP - Outlook]

Trust me, he has seen it, had to fix it at his agency more than once. It
happens when sending to an Internet Mail service like Yahoo! or Hotmail and
the account storage is full. It returns an NDR that then generates the OOO
message, which generates the NDR, etc.

It is ugly!!!


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Milly Staples [MVP - Outlook]

Post all replies to the group to keep the discussion intact. Due to
the (insert latest virus name here) virus, all mail sent to my personal
account will be deleted without reading.

After searching google.groups.com and finding no answer, Lanwench [MVP -
Exchange] asked:

| ....actually, as OOO replies only once per sender (by design), it is
| unlikely to get into a mail loop war. Some claim to have seen this
| happen - in many years of working with Exchange, I've never seen it
| once. However, it *does* reply to spammers, which can generate more
| spam, and a lot of companies view it as a security risk.
|
| <effendi>
|
| neo [mvp outlook] wrote:
|| FWIW, the default configuration of Microsoft Exchange 5.5 and newer
|| doesn't permit out of office notifications to leave the organization.
|| The exchange administrator would have to turn it on and it is a tough
|| sell because the feature will introduce mail loops. (if a loop goes
|| unchecked, it can bring down the exchange server.)
||
|| |||
||| I have Outlook XP and when I set up my out of office
||| assistant by typing a short reply message in the box and
||| then turn it on by clicking on the I am out of the office
||| button, it does not work. I have tested it quite a bit
||| and it never sends back an auto reply. Any help??????
 
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Lanwench [MVP - Exchange]

<knocks wood>
I've been lucky thus far, I guess....
Trust me, he has seen it, had to fix it at his agency more than once.
It happens when sending to an Internet Mail service like Yahoo! or
Hotmail and the account storage is full. It returns an NDR that then
generates the OOO message, which generates the NDR, etc.

It is ugly!!!


--
Milly Staples [MVP - Outlook]

Post all replies to the group to keep the discussion intact. Due to
the (insert latest virus name here) virus, all mail sent to my
personal account will be deleted without reading.

After searching google.groups.com and finding no answer, Lanwench
[MVP - Exchange] asked:
....actually, as OOO replies only once per sender (by design), it is
unlikely to get into a mail loop war. Some claim to have seen this
happen - in many years of working with Exchange, I've never seen it
once. However, it *does* reply to spammers, which can generate more
spam, and a lot of companies view it as a security risk.

<effendi>
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