I strongly discourage it in our firm. Usually the most effective argument against for me has been spam -- we all know that it's a bad idea to reply to spammers confirming that your address is legitimate. Throw OOO on somebody's account and I suspect that their spam load will significantly increase in the weeks and months ahead as they get added to every spammer's "Gold List" of valid e-mail addresses.
There are also security issues and the occasional technical reason not to do it. Instead what we recommend people do is turn on their secretary's account as an alternate recipient while they are away and the secretary is instructed to handle any crucial issues that come up, including notifying legitimate correspondants, if any, that the person is out of the office and will reply when they return. -Ben- Ben M. Schorr, MVP-Outlook, CNA, MCPx3 Director of Information Services Damon Key Leong Kupchak Hastert http://www.hawaiilawyer.com > > -----Original Message----- > From: Byron Kennedy [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Tuesday, March 04, 2003 3:34 PM > To: Exchange Discussions > > I know this has caused havoc on e-mail systems in the past. > Is this still frowned on and if so, are there any "best-practices" > available out there on how to enable a firm to provide this service > effectively with exchange 2000, outlook 2000/xp and avoid pitfalls in > the past? > > How do others articulate or provide work-arounds? > > Thx for ideas... byron > > > > _________________________________________________________________ > 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]
