How to Send as distribution-list ???

[Ove Starckjohann]

Hi!

We're using Outlook XP / Exchange 2000. There is a distributionlist "it".
Members are the it-department-users so mail to "(e-mail address removed)" is delivered
to every it-user.

What i want is that every mail from the it-department is "send as" (send
FROM (e-mail address removed)" and not the email-address of the personal user. BUT:
the user should have the chance to overwrite/delete the preset
"FROM:"-address from "(e-mail address removed)" to her/his personal address.

Question is: how to do?

How do we achieve that a "new" mail (or an answer or a forwarded mail) get's
a prefilled "FROM:[email protected]" address?

Can i use a customized outlook form?
If yes...where to store this form and what to do at every single
outlook-client? Is it possible to assign an outlook form via group-policies
to active-directory organisation-units?

We have about 12 users in the it-department which should use this
"FROM:[email protected]" address. We do NOT want to use a public folder as
incoming location instead of the distribution list.

Another "problem" in our system may be that we're using two different
outlook-clients: Outlook 2000 english and Outlook XP german...so the wished
function should work in both situations...

I do not want to buy a ready solution like
http://www.lucatec.net/mask/maskoverview-en.shtml. Would prefer a simple
OWN-solution, because of the better flexibility in case of upgrades of
outlook/exchange in the future.

Any hints ?

Thx Ove

 

[Ove Starckjohann]

nobody any idea ?

would greatly appreciate input

Ove

 

[Victor Ivanidze]

Hello,

I think you coud write your own Outlook VBA application to auto-populate the
From: field of the message.

Alternatively see third-party solutions like Mask or SetFrom
(http://www.ivasoft.biz/setfrom.shtml)


Regards,

Victor Ivanidze,
software developer

 

[Ove Starckjohann]

Hi Victor!

question is, if my solution will (can) be an outlook-solution (with a piece
of code on each users pc) or an exchange-solution with only a "little"
programming knowledge (event sinks?) on the exchange-server ???

In case of a.) outlook-solution: do you have a starting point (or maybe a
piece of code?) for me where to read further ?
Do you also have knowledge in b.) exchange-event sink solution?

I would greatly appreciate a solution which is more easy from the management
point-of-view...so if a user get's a new pc or a fresh outlook-installtion
it would be great if no outlook customizing is needed on his pc...

Ove

 

[Victor Ivanidze]

Hi Ove!

I'd suggest you use our firm product named SendAsGroup:
http://www.ivasoft.biz/sendasgroup.shtml as a server-centric solution.
Note though it _always_ replaces the From address. If you want to let users
send personally from time to time, then SendAsGroup functionality has to be
enchanced. Contact me directly (info(at)ivasoft(dot)biz ) if you're
interested in further discussion.

Regards,
Victor

 

[Ove Starckjohann]

Hi Victor!

thank you for your offer of using your product. But i wanted to code a
solution myself, because there is more flexibility in upgrade-cases of
outlook/exchange in future. I browsed your webside weeks ago and your
products are what we need...but i would try myself.

I do understand, that you're not interested in offering a way to the
solution for me for free...because it conflicts with your business...

Would be great if you nevertheless can point me to the right direction in
short words, so that i can find/code a solution by myself.

Ove

 

[Victor Ivanidze]

Hi Ove,

you can buy SendAsGroup with sources ($1500) and modify it.

Alternatively you could install Microsoft Exchange SDK and Microsoft
Platform SDK and create your own transport event sink application that will
handle outgoing messages.

Good luck,

Victor

 

[Ove Starckjohann]

Hi Victor,

is source in C# or VB ?

Ove

Hi Ove,

you can buy SendAsGroup with sources ($1500) and modify it.

Alternatively you could install Microsoft Exchange SDK and Microsoft
Platform SDK and create your own transport event sink application that
will handle outgoing messages.

Good luck,

Victor

 

[Victor Ivanidze]

Hi Ove,

in MS Visual C++ 6.0

Regards,
Victor

Hi Victor,

is source in C# or VB ?

Ove

 

[Ove Starckjohann]

unfortunately no VC++ knowledge on my side...only VB...

Ove

 

[Victor Ivanidze]

As far as I know, you cannot write a transport event sink application using
VB.

Regards,
Victor