rules wizard - auto reply

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Guest

Hello everyone,

I am trying to setup an 'out of office' rule so to
speak. This is on a personal pc so I do not have an
actual out of office assistant so I'm trying to do it
with a rule. For some reason it is not working and I
don't know why. I think it may have something to do with
how I am setting up my .oft message, but I'm not sure.

Any assistance would be greatly appreciated!
Thanks,
Hacsutton
 
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Guest

It is not creating the auto reply. I'm trying to test it
using my husband's email address. I have a message from
him in my inbox and I try to 'run now' and nothing is
created in my outbox for sending. For a while it was
creating the message and sitting it in my outbox but not
sending it. Now it is not even creating it.
 
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Sue Mosher [MVP-Outlook]

Outlook only sends one reply per recipient during a session. If you want to
test, you need to restart Outlook after each test.

--
Sue Mosher, Outlook MVP
Author of
Microsoft Outlook Programming - Jumpstart for
Administrators, Power Users, and Developers
 
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Sue Mosher [MVP-Outlook]

No, Outlook's autoreply rule works the same way as OOA, which is a good
thing for preventing mail loops. As the article you cited states, "The Rules
Wizard rule to 'reply using a specific template' is designed to send the
reply only one time to each sender during a session. This prevents Outlook
from sending repetitive replies to a sender from whom you receive multiple
messages."

--
Sue Mosher, Outlook MVP
Author of
Microsoft Outlook Programming - Jumpstart for
Administrators, Power Users, and Developers
 
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Guest

Thanks for the info. If I'm reading the article
correctly, however, it does not appear to do any good to
set it up unless you're going to leave outlook running.
It says it will only create an auto reply if outlook is
running. I'm going on vacation for 2wks and certainly do
not want to leave my pc up and running for that time.
Does this mean I have no way to leave an out of office
reply from a home pc??
 
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Sue Mosher [MVP-Outlook]

That's correct. If yours is a home PC you don't want to leave running, check
with your email provide to see whether they offer an out-of-office option.

Personally, I never use it. I don't think it's a safe idea to advertise the
fact that I'm on vacation

--
Sue Mosher, Outlook MVP
Author of
Microsoft Outlook Programming - Jumpstart for
Administrators, Power Users, and Developers
 
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