You could certainly use an event sink to make this work on an Exchange server. Similarly, assuming you don;t disable auto-replies on Exchange, you could probably duplicate this effect using message journaling for that user, and journaling to a mailbox where you set up a server-side auto reply rule as well. On 8/19/05 5:56 AM, "Marcel Stangenberger" <marcel.stangenberger@xxxxx> wrote: > http://www.MSExchange.org/ > > Hi Mike, > > I tried this some time ago but could not find a good solution for it. > Exchange does have a "trick" for this but this has some implications > like not working when connected with an mapi client to that mailbox. > > In the end we decided to copy all incoming e-mail for this account to a > unix machine running postfix and let postfix send the auto reply (using > procmail). > > Gr, > > Marcel > >> -----Oorspronkelijk bericht----- >> Van: A. Michael Salim [mailto:msalim@xxxxxxxxxxxx] >> Verzonden: vrijdag 19 augustus 2005 8:58 >> Aan: [ExchangeList] >> Onderwerp: [exchangelist] setting up an a.u.t.o-r.e.p.l.y in outlook >> >> http://www.MSExchange.org/ >> >> Hi, >> >> I am running Exchange 2003. I have a user who needs to set >> up an a.u.t.o-r.e.p.l.y so that when anyone send them an >> email, they will receive a response. The a.u.t.o-re.p.l.y >> needs to be server-side, not dependent on Outlook being up >> all the time. Every email that is sent to this user needs to >> be sent an a.u.t.o-r.e.p.l.y (for business/legal reasons). >> It has nothing to do with the user being away from their >> office. The a.u.t.o-r.e.p.l.y needs to happen in all cases, >> for every email received, every day (not once per day either). >> >> Is there a way to configure this? The user also needs to be >> able to customize their message, presumably in Outlook. >> >> Any ideas? Help would be greatly appreciated! >> >> TIA and best regards >> Mike >> >> PS: In case you are wondering about the funky spelling, I >> had to do this to avoid having the message being rejected. >> >> >> >> ------------------------------------------------------ >> List Archives: >> http://www.webelists.com/cgi/lyris.pl?enter=exchangelist >> Exchange Newsletters: http://www.msexchange.org/pages/newsletter.asp >> ------------------------------------------------------ >> Visit TechGenix.com for more information about our other sites: >> http://www.techgenix.com >> ------------------------------------------------------ >> You are currently subscribed to this MSEXchange.org >> Discussion List as: marcel.stangenberger@xxxxxx To >> unsubscribe visit >> http://www.webelists.com/cgi/lyris.pl?enter=exchangelist >> Report abuse to listadmin@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx >> >> > > ------------------------------------------------------ > List Archives: http://www.webelists.com/cgi/lyris.pl?enter=exchangelist > Exchange Newsletters: http://www.msexchange.org/pages/newsletter.asp > ------------------------------------------------------ > Visit TechGenix.com for more information about our other sites: > http://www.techgenix.com > ------------------------------------------------------ > You are currently subscribed to this MSEXchange.org Discussion List as: > rickb@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > To unsubscribe visit http://www.webelists.com/cgi/lyris.pl?enter=exchangelist > Report abuse to listadmin@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx -- Rick Boza Protechnica Technology Solutions Simplified email: rickb@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx 407-656-9744 Visit us on the web at http://www.protechnica.net