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stevewy
I would like to run an idea passed the newsgroup:
Is it possible to use the Rules "Run a script" feature to react to an
incoming mail, when the client PC is switched off?
In an office situation, I wondered if it were possible to set up a
rule that would run another rule that would alert people that this
individual was not at work but off sick, and to refer all enquiries to
a help desk e-mail/phone number.
For example, say John was off sick and not due in today. Other people
in the office could not get into his e-mail or log onto his account to
put an out-of-office message on, because the network accounts are all
password protected. However, could Outlook be set up so that his
manager could send an e-mail to him with specific words in the heading
(words that are not likely to come up in a normal e-mail), that would
trigger a script. This script would initiate either another rule or
an Out of Office message, telling people he was off sick. So his
manager could effectively initiate an out of office message on this
guy's e-mail, without going through the ICT Helpdesk and accessing his
accounts directly.
The one issue I thought of was, aren't scripts stored on the client
PC, not on the network? In which case, Outlook could not access the
script because the PC would be switched off....
Is my idea possible in Outlook 2003 (which operates on an Exchange
server)?
Steve
Is it possible to use the Rules "Run a script" feature to react to an
incoming mail, when the client PC is switched off?
In an office situation, I wondered if it were possible to set up a
rule that would run another rule that would alert people that this
individual was not at work but off sick, and to refer all enquiries to
a help desk e-mail/phone number.
For example, say John was off sick and not due in today. Other people
in the office could not get into his e-mail or log onto his account to
put an out-of-office message on, because the network accounts are all
password protected. However, could Outlook be set up so that his
manager could send an e-mail to him with specific words in the heading
(words that are not likely to come up in a normal e-mail), that would
trigger a script. This script would initiate either another rule or
an Out of Office message, telling people he was off sick. So his
manager could effectively initiate an out of office message on this
guy's e-mail, without going through the ICT Helpdesk and accessing his
accounts directly.
The one issue I thought of was, aren't scripts stored on the client
PC, not on the network? In which case, Outlook could not access the
script because the PC would be switched off....
Is my idea possible in Outlook 2003 (which operates on an Exchange
server)?
Steve