Well, the OOF is only gonna fire once per user. But "allow OOF" and "allow automatic replies" are two different things, and the latter will kill you, because sure as anything your users are gonna use a RULE instead of an OOF, and then it's only a matter of time. Even if you don't allow it, it's a pain in the butt. Or pretty dang hilarious, if you happen to be me.
Every once in a while I'll get an attorney or judge pressuring me to turn it on. I explain why I won't, and they go to my boss, and I explain again why I won't. Nobody else knows how to do it, and I refuse and can justify it, but the pressure gets intense. I've had a nice reprieve, since an event of last fall. Someone (a local bar association or something) had a contractor configure them a cheapie listserver, and they went and subscribed a kajillion lawyers to it without asking. Well, the first message hit, and the OOFs and rules kicked in. Which were then distributed back to the entire list. Which were then autoreplied to by the people with rules. Which were then distributed to the list. Didn't take long for the attorneys who WERE reading their email to start hitting "reply" and typing "UNSUBSCRIBE" and "CUT IT OUT!!!!!1" and "Where did you get my email address?" Which were all sent out to the list. Which were all auto-responded to AGAIN. I let my attorneys get a good view of what happens before I blocked the address. I don't get asked much any more. > -----Original Message----- > From: Setmajer, Jerzy [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Posted At: Wednesday, July 03, 2002 12:02 PM > Posted To: MSExchange Mailing List > Conversation: Please tell me where to go > Subject: RE: Please tell me where to go > > > you need only 1 scenario to really justify it. > > User sets auto-forwarding on his AOL/YAHOO/HOTMAIL/etc(any > external email > account) to his office mailbox(or vice versa). > User sets Out of office. > A mail loop is created quickly chewing up your resources > until disk space fills and your server stops. > > Jerzy > > > -----Original Message----- > From: Bob P. Antonietti [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: Wednesday, July 03, 2002 9:45 AM > To: Exchange Discussions > Subject: Please tell me where to go > > > Hello. > > Could someone please tell me where I could find articles > which outline the risks of enabling "Out of Office messages" > to the Internet. This feature is currently disabled, however, > I am under increasing pressure to enable this. I would like > to review some relevant material prior to proceeding. > > Thank you! > > Bob > > _________________________________________________________________ > List posting FAQ: http://www.swinc.com/resource/exch_faq.htm > Archives: http://www.swynk.com/sitesearch/search.asp > To unsubscribe: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Exchange List admin: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > _________________________________________________________________ > List posting FAQ: http://www.swinc.com/resource/exch_faq.htm > Archives: http://www.swynk.com/sitesearch/search.asp > To unsubscribe: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Exchange List admin: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > _________________________________________________________________ List posting FAQ: http://www.swinc.com/resource/exch_faq.htm Archives: http://www.swynk.com/sitesearch/search.asp To unsubscribe: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Exchange List admin: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
