> -----Original Message----- > From: Linux on 390 Port [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On > Behalf Of Collinson.Shannon > Sent: Tuesday, April 25, 2006 3:56 PM > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: Tom Shepherd - in IBM Meeting in Dallas April 24-26 > > > If you can tell me how to avoid it, I'd love to do so. My company > recently opened up our "out of office" messages to go to > external email > recipients (like this list) and I don't believe I can stop it from > within Microsoft OutLook. As I'm required, by management, to > set up an > out-of-office message when I'm out, the only thing I can think to do > would be to change my listserv settings whenever I'm out of town, and > (hopefully) remember to change them back when I get back > (manual process > = lots of room for failure!).
I can tell you how I do it. But, as you indicated, it is a bit of bother, but only needs to be done once (then maintained, of course). And I am stuck with MS Outlook as well. I have a lot of "rules" set up in Outlook. (Tools -> Rules Wizard). At the very top are rules for "spam" that I have put in myself (just delete). Immediately after them are rules for every mailing list to which I am subscribed (13 at present). These rules direct the incoming list emails to separate folders, with the "stop processing more rules" option. Immediately after them is an "out of office rule" which is normally inactive. I use this "rule" to send out "out of office" messages rather than the "Out of Office" assistant. The rule box says: Apply this rule after the message arrives where my name is ni the To or Cc box have the server reply using Out Of Office and stop processing more rules The "Out of Office" above is clickable to put in my "out of office" reply. This sets up to reply to all non-spam, non-list emails with an "out of office" message. When I leave the office, I just activate that one rule. Not really any harder than using the out-of-office assistance, once it is set up. I just need to remember to process all my list email before the "out of office" rule. Something similar can be done on Linux using Procmail filters as well. I just takes a bit more work to set up. Note that I do not go NOMAIL. -- John McKown Senior Systems Programmer HealthMarkets Keeping the Promise of Affordable Coverage Administrative Services Group Information Technology This message (including any attachments) contains confidential information intended for a specific individual and purpose, and its content is protected by law. If you are not the intended recipient, you should delete this message and are hereby notified that any disclosure, copying, or distribution of this transmission, or taking any action based on it, is strictly prohibited. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For LINUX-390 subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the message: INFO LINUX-390 or visit http://www.marist.edu/htbin/wlvindex?LINUX-390
