Out of office assistant and external email

[happydude]

I use Outlook 2003 w/ Exchange server 2003. When I activate the Out of Office
Assistant internal users receive my Out of Office reply but not external
email users. What can I do so that external users also receive my Out of
Office reply?

 

[Sue Mosher [MVP-Outlook]]

Talk to your Exchange administrators. They are apparently blocking external out-of-office replies.

--
Sue Mosher, Outlook MVP
Author of Configuring Microsoft Outlook 2003

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

 

[Brian Tillman]

I use Outlook 2003 w/ Exchange server 2003. When I activate the Out
of Office Assistant internal users receive my Out of Office reply but
not external email users. What can I do so that external users also
receive my Out of Office reply?

That's an Exchange setting. Exchange, by default, does not allow OOA
replies to external addresses to prevent mail loops.

 

[happydude]

Brian,
Thanks.


Cheers,
John

That's an Exchange setting. Exchange, by default, does not allow OOA
replies to external addresses to prevent mail loops.