Automate Out of Office Schedule

[CT]

I work an odd schedule and would like to schedule the Out Office Assistant to
reply on a rotating schedule like.

Sun-Wed 6pm -7am
Thur- Sat 7am – 7am

This does not seem to be possible in the OOF and I can not seem to link the
Calendar events with the OOF. I have also been unsuccessful locating a script
I can run from the client since I do not have admin rights on the exchange
server

Thanks
CT

 

[Milly Staples [MVP - Outlook]]

You have found one limitation of the OOF - it is not programmable. It must
be set manually at the client or in OWA.

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After furious head scratching, CT asked:

| I work an odd schedule and would like to schedule the Out Office
| Assistant to reply on a rotating schedule like.
|
| Sun-Wed 6pm -7am
| Thur- Sat 7am – 7am
|
| This does not seem to be possible in the OOF and I can not seem to
| link the Calendar events with the OOF. I have also been unsuccessful
| locating a script I can run from the client since I do not have admin
| rights on the exchange server
|
| Thanks
| CT

 

[Roady [MVP]]

In addition to what Milly said; This will be possible in the next version of
Outlook icw Exchange 2007.

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Robert Sparnaaij [MVP-Outlook]
Coauthor, Configuring Microsoft Outlook 2003


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I work an odd schedule and would like to schedule the Out Office Assistant
to
reply on a rotating schedule like.

Sun-Wed 6pm -7am
Thur- Sat 7am - 7am

This does not seem to be possible in the OOF and I can not seem to link the
Calendar events with the OOF. I have also been unsuccessful locating a
script
I can run from the client since I do not have admin rights on the exchange
server

Thanks
CT

 

[CT]

Thanks,

That is what I am finding, it will be possible in Exchange 2007 but I have
found client side programs that will do what I want and more like
(http://freebusy.4team.biz/) . The problem is I don't want to spend $$ to
simply have my OOF turn on automatically.

My logic and please let me know if I am wrong. Is since freebusy runs on the
client and can turn on the OOF there must be some code that I can place into
a scheduled task to turn on the OOF.

 

[Sue Mosher [MVP-Outlook]]

There probably is be some code at http://www.cdolive.com/cdo5.htm for this.

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Sue Mosher, Outlook MVP
Author of Configuring Microsoft Outlook 2003

and Microsoft Outlook Programming - Jumpstart for
Administrators, Power Users, and Developers