If you have already set up an account to receive his mail, it is even easier:
Make a new mail rule with the selection criteria "Account" is [name of his account] and the action "Reply" - click on the 'reply text button that appears when you select this action in the rules dialog to edit the text for the reply) However, make sure that you don't auto-reply to any mail lists he may be subscribed to or he, and you, will become very unpopular! -- Barry Wainwright Microsoft MVP (see http://mvp.support.microsoft.com for details) Check out the Entourage User's WebLog for hints, tips and troubleshooting <http://homepage.mac.com/barryw/weblog/weblog.html> > From: Stephen Duxbury - Prestset <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Reply-To: "Entourage:mac Talk" <[email protected]> > Date: Thu, 10 Aug 2006 18:18:17 +0100 > To: "Entourage:mac Talk" <[email protected]> > Conversation: Out of office reply for someone else > Subject: Re: Out of office reply for someone else > > Have been to have a look at your weblog page and couple of other pages but > sorry but not sure how to do what you say. I cant see how to automate (with > a script?) the reply to incoming mail into the folder I have created? > > Stephen > > > On 10/8/06 16:55, "Barry Wainwright" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >> Yes, you could set up a second, 'send only' account with his information, >> then use a mail rule to identify mail 'to' him, and run a scrip that would >> change the account of the message to your dummy account and send a reply >> from that account. >> >> -- >> Barry Wainwright >> Microsoft MVP (see http://mvp.support.microsoft.com for details) >> Check out the Entourage User's WebLog for hints, tips and troubleshooting >> <http://homepage.mac.com/barryw/weblog/weblog.html> >> >>> From: Stephen Duxbury - Prestset <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >>> Reply-To: "Entourage:mac Talk" <[email protected]> >>> Date: Thu, 10 Aug 2006 12:42:40 +0100 >>> To: "Entourage:mac Talk" <[email protected]> >>> Conversation: Out of office reply for someone else >>> Subject: Out of office reply for someone else >>> >>> My nephew goes away on holiday tomorrow and I need to set up an out of >>> office reply. Problem is I have changed ISP and they don't offer this >>> service anymore as we pick up direct from them now rather than from an >>> internal server (apart from this issue really pleased with change!). >>> >>> But he uses laptop which he is taking with him so wont have his machine >>> around to pick up his emails and so have email going out with his reply. >>> >>> I have set up an account to pick up his emails on my machine (and leave on >>> server for him to pick up later). Set up a rule to to send text which was >>> easy, also then put it into a folder on my machine and also set it up to >>> 'change account' to his name/account - BUT my question is that the auto >>> email that is going out is from my account and needs really to go from his, >>> have changed order of rules but that didn't do it! - is there a way I can do >>> this please ?? >>> >>> Stephen >>> OSX 10.4.7 Entourage 11.2.5 > > > -- > To unsubscribe: > <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > archives: > <http://www.mail-archive.com/entourage-talk%40lists.letterrip.com/> > old-archive: > <http://www.mail-archive.com/entourage-talk%40lists.boingo.com/> > -- To unsubscribe: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> archives: <http://www.mail-archive.com/entourage-talk%40lists.letterrip.com/> old-archive: <http://www.mail-archive.com/entourage-talk%40lists.boingo.com/>
