turn off email auto reply function

[Denis]

f.h. - Thank you for your clarrification and again for your assist. In case
you missed my top post, I wrote:

I am pleased to advise that the problem has been found. In spite of whatever
mistakes or errors I made duriing my first use of this system, through the
efforts of f.h. we narrowed it down to Cox.net. In my previous many, many
calls to cox about auto-responders and answerback systems, Cox claimed there
were none on Cox. Today I reached a level up supervisor who walked through
all the possible areas of settings where the problem could be coming from.
Cox has a function called "Vacation" - and there was the message! My thanks
to f.h. for the patience shown during my fumbling through the long exchange.
Shutting down Outlook was the turning point! Thank you once again, and my
apologies to those I offended with my "bottom posting" which I think I now
understand. Feel free to email me at (e-mail address removed) with your correction to
my understanding and I promise you will not receive an auto-reply.

 

[Denis]

I am pleased to advise that the problem has been found. In spite of whatever
mistakes or errors I made duriing my first use of this system, through the
efforts of f.h. we narrowed it down to Cox.net. In my previous many, many
calls to cox about auto-responders and answerback systems, Cox claimed there
were none on Cox. Today I reached a level up supervisor who walked through
all the possible areas of settings where the problem could be coming from.
Cox has a function called "Vacation" - and there was the message! My thanks
to f.h. for the patience shown during my fumbling through the long exchange.
Shutting down Outlook was the turning point! Thank you once again, and my
apologies to those I offended with my "bottom posting" which I think I now
understand. Feel free to email me at (e-mail address removed) with your correction to
my understanding and I promise you will not receive an auto-reply.

Milly - I have never used this system before. If I have done something wrong,
I apologize. I gather the way I respnded was in error. Hopefully this is
correct. I thank M.F. for staying with me as long as he/she did. I never did
get a final reply. I hope my conclusions are correct but come away with some
uncertainty. If you would at least confirm that bottom posting is what I am
not now doing, I would appreciate it. Thank you.

Number one reason why bottom posting blows - also the number one reason I refuse to answer bottom posters.

--Â
Milly Staples [MVP - Outlook]

Post all replies to the group to keep the discussion intact. All
unsolicited mail sent to my personal account will be deleted without
reading.

After furious head scratching, Denis asked:

| "F. H. Muffman" wrote:
|
|| ||||||| I set an auto-reply while on vacation several months ago and
||||||| have been unable
||||||| to turn it off ever since. I use Outlook 2003 and my ISP is
||||||| cox.net for the
||||||| email address in question. Cox claims to have no auto-reply
||||||| function so it
||||||| must be in the Outlook somewhere. Please, please, help me find
||||||| how to
||||||| turn it off!
||||||
|||||| Tools - Rules and Alerts is the most likely place.
||||||
|||||| To be 100% sure it's not Outlook, shut it down, open up task
|||||| manager (control-shift-escape) to make sure outlook.exe not
|||||| running on the Processes
|||||| list, fire up hotmail or gmail or whatever free web based mail
|||||| address you
|||||| might have (create a new hotmail account if you need it) and mail
|||||| yourself.
|||||| If you get an autoreply, it isn't from Outlook.
|||||
||||| f.h. - I have several email accounts with Goddaddy that are fine.
||||| Cox is
||||| my high speed provider. They say they don't even have the
||||| function of auto-reply. Outlook help suggests they do have
||||| auto-reply, but it is not
||||| in rules as they suggest. Nor can I find it any other Outlook
||||| related areas.
||||| One hint says be in "Mail" and on the tools menu click "Out of
||||| Office Assitant" - that won't work for me since I do not use an
||||| Exchange Server, I have a
||||| PoP3 account with Cox and several with Godaddy. Sorry I didn't
||||| make that
||||| clearer in the original question.
||||
|||| So is this account a cox.net address? Rules is the only place it
|||| would be
|||| within Outlook unless you have an add-in of some kind. Have you
|||| gone through the steps I suggested to ensure that it is indeed
|||| Outlook (or something in it) causing the auto-reply?
|||
||| Yes, this is a cox.net address ([email protected]). Don't recall an
||| add-in.
||| Looked at current add-ins suggested in Outlook help and could not
||| find any listed in my Control Panel Add/delete programs. I can run
||| Email Acct test on
||| all other email accts I have active and none auto reply except the
||| cox.net email. But since I know that I used the Godaddy auto-reply
||| for all others, and turned them off, that wouldn't be too
||| surprising. The cox address would
||| be the only one that I would have used either Cox (they claim no
||| auto reply
||| in their system) or OUtlook. Either they are lying, don't know
||| (wonder, sometimes), or they used to have it and I was too late to
||| turn it off. The hunt continues.
||
|| And when you did the test, you were *not* running Outlook at the
|| time, correct?
||
|| Because if you weren't, obviously it isn't an Outlook issue.
||
|| That said, look at the headers of the auto-reply. Look at the last
|| Recieved: header reading from the top down. That will say where the
|| message came from initially.
|| --
|| f.h.
||
||
| Oops, sorry. The test I referred to is setting up an email account in
| outlook. I will try your "shut down, run Hotmail test" but for
| reasons in last response, do think it is Outlook. Will advise.

 

[Brian Tillman]

my apologies to those I offended with my "bottom posting"

Bottom posting is goodness.

 

[ZM]

Have microsoft outlook 2003. Senders are receiving an auto reply from years
ago that won't turn off. Have exhausted the "troubleshooting" and "help"
options. Please help not as computer saavy as this discussion indicates and
wary about trying registry entry.
zm

 

[griffin]

I am having the same problem. Cox is my provider. Have you had any luck? I f
so I would be unbeliebably thankful if you could help me.