Suppressing Out of Office Message to specified addresses.

[first500]

Certain incoming emails (especially from mailing lists) do not need an Out of
Office response from Outlook, as this only triggers a further auto response
from the sender, which then triggers another o-o-o response from Outlook etc
etc.......

How do I formulate a rule for the o-o-o-assistant, telling it not to respond
to certain addresses?

 

[Milly Staples [MVP - Outlook]]

You cannot configure a rule for the Out of Office assistant as it is server
based, not client based and server based rules always run first.

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After furious head scratching, first500 asked:

| Certain incoming emails (especially from mailing lists) do not need
| an Out of Office response from Outlook, as this only triggers a
| further auto response from the sender, which then triggers another
| o-o-o response from Outlook etc etc.......
|
| How do I formulate a rule for the o-o-o-assistant, telling it not to
| respond to certain addresses?

 

[first500]

This is a surprising omission (to me). We have transferred from Lotus Notes,
and this "facility" was available on Notes. (As was the ability to set the
o-o-o message to run only between certain specified dates - this enabled you
to set it in advance so that you didn't forget to switch it on in the last
minute panic before going on holiday!)

 

[Brian Tillman]

You cannot configure a rule for the Out of Office assistant as it is
server based, not client based and server based rules always run
first.

Can't you specify the particular address and use the "only items that do not
match these conditions" option on Advanced?