Here also.
We went round and round, and I finally took the attitude, I can tell
you what are the pros and cons, and my recommendation. However, you do
pay me, so I will do as you ask. Ultimately, the PHB decided to allow
OOF to the internet.
When I went on vacation for two weeks, guess what I
OOF has always been a bone of contention. My belief is that it is becoming
more accepted as time goes on. We use it here now. Nobody has been robbed
yet, and we have seen no issues.
As for auto replies to the internet, I have taken some heat for not allowing
it, but have stuck to my guns. I have
My employer allows OOFs , but I never set it because I dont think its
anyone's business outside of the company where I am, and I dont need to help
out any spammers by verifiing my address.
(Note that you can specify allowed OOFs by domain)
FWIW, Exchange 2003 will *not* send OOFs if the user is
I agree. My esteemed employer allows out of office notifications to the
Internet, so I never use the feature.
Ed Crowley MCSE+Internet MVP
Freelance E-Mail Philosopher
Protecting the world from PSTs and Bricked Backups!T
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Mine too - like Ed/Andy (and probably loads of others) I also never use
the feature, normally to you were out of the office and your OOF wasn't
on - people won't know you're not around (that's part of the point!)
At one point there was an order from the level above to enforce it on my
mailbox,
Just say no.
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From: Ed Crowley
Reply To: Exchange Discussions
Sent: Tuesday, July 1, 2003 11:47 AM
To: Exchange Discussions
Subject: RE: What is the Current thinking on OOF to the Internet?
I agree. My esteemed employer allows out of office
One clarification, to get the behavior in Exchange 2003 of only sending an
OOF if the user is on the To: or CC: field you have to set the following reg
key:
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\MSExchangeIS\Parameters
System\SuppressOOFsToDistributionLists
The value should be a
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