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Disable Out of Office Assistant

Author
13 May 2009 1:16 PM
NoName
Is there a way to avoid users to enable Out of Office Assistant on their
Outlook 2003 connected to Exchange 2003?
The option under Internet Message Formats -> Advanced is unchecked but
still users can send OOO messages.

Thanks a lot.

Ricky

Author
13 May 2009 1:46 PM
Lanwench [MVP - Exchange]
NoName <non***@noname.com> wrote:
> Is there a way to avoid users to enable Out of Office Assistant on
> their Outlook 2003 connected to Exchange 2003?
> The option under Internet Message Formats -> Advanced is unchecked but
> still users can send OOO messages.
>
> Thanks a lot.
>
> Ricky

No, you can't disable it in E2003. You can keep it from going to the
Internet (which is what the tickmark does) but you can't stop them from
using it internally. I'm honestly not sure why you'd want to - it's a useful
feature - but to each his own.
Author
13 May 2009 5:03 PM
NoName
On Wed, 13 May 2009 09:46:44 -0400, Lanwench [MVP - Exchange] wrote:

>
> No, you can't disable it in E2003. You can keep it from going to the
> Internet (which is what the tickmark does) but you can't stop them from
> using it internally. I'm honestly not sure why you'd want to - it's a useful
> feature - but to each his own.
>

I want to stop them to go to the internet but I checked and it seems that
mails are going outside with the thickmark unchecked.

NoName
Author
13 May 2009 5:06 PM
Lanwench [MVP - Exchange]
NoName <non***@noname.com> wrote:
> On Wed, 13 May 2009 09:46:44 -0400, Lanwench [MVP - Exchange] wrote:
>
>>
>> No, you can't disable it in E2003. You can keep it from going to the
>> Internet (which is what the tickmark does) but you can't stop them
>> from using it internally. I'm honestly not sure why you'd want to -
>> it's a useful feature - but to each his own.
>>
>
> I want to stop them to go to the internet but I checked and it seems
> that mails are going outside with the thickmark unchecked.
>
> NoName

Are you sure you're on the right server?

And again, what's the reason for doing this? OOF is incredibly useful to
most folks.
Author
15 May 2009 8:21 AM
NoName
On Wed, 13 May 2009 13:06:16 -0400, Lanwench [MVP - Exchange] wrote:

>
> Are you sure you're on the right server?
>
> And again, what's the reason for doing this? OOF is incredibly useful to
> most folks.
>

I'm on the right server (I have only one server).
The reason is simple: I have a tool to create this reply message following
the compnay policy and I don't want every single user to create his own OOF
message.

NoName
Author
15 May 2009 12:11 PM
Lanwench [MVP - Exchange]
NoName <non***@noname.com> wrote:
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> On Wed, 13 May 2009 13:06:16 -0400, Lanwench [MVP - Exchange] wrote:
>
>>
>> Are you sure you're on the right server?
>>
>> And again, what's the reason for doing this? OOF is incredibly
>> useful to most folks.
>>
>
> I'm on the right server (I have only one server).
> The reason is simple: I have a tool to create this reply message
> following the compnay policy and I don't want every single user to
> create his own OOF message.
>
> NoName

What utility is this and does it not require that OOF to the Internet be
enabled?
Is autoreply to the internet or autoforward to the internet enabled, by
chance?