Re: Out of office reply
From: Paul Berkowitz (berkowit_at_spoof_silcom.com)
Date: 07/16/04
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Date: Fri, 16 Jul 2004 11:25:08 -0700
Good point.
-- Paul Berkowitz MVP MacOffice Entourage FAQ Page: <http://www.entourage.mvps.org/faq/index.html> AppleScripts for Entourage: <http://macscripter.net/scriptbuilders/> Please "Reply To Newsgroup" to reply to this message. Emails will be ignored. PLEASE always state which version of Microsoft Office you are using - **2004**, X or 2001. It's often impossible to answer your questions otherwise. > From: BB <bo.boivie._DELETE_@bigfoot.com> > Newsgroups: microsoft.public.mac.office.entourage > Date: Fri, 16 Jul 2004 11:30:31 +0200 > Subject: Re: Out of office reply > > A big disadvantage with server side out of office rules, is that SPAM mail > will be affected too. > > What happens is this: > > You receive a SPAM mail with a faked sender address > The out of office reply is sent to the faked and often non-existing address > The server receiving your out of office reply responds that the address does > not exist. > Your server sends another out of office reply to that server > > The effect is that for almost every spam you will also get a "Message could > not be delivered mail" in your mailbox when you get back from you holiday. > > If you follow the recommendation in the article below and use your client > instead you could set up the out of office rule to ignore any junk > classified mail, or even just handling mails from certain domains, or only > senders in a certain categories (business for instance). > > Another great disadvantage with sending out of office replies to spammers is > that you confirm the validity of your e-mail address (in the case the reply > address in the spam mail is valid of course), which eventually will lead to > your getting even more spam than before. > > -Bo > > On 04-07-16 01.33, in article 2d29d01c46ac4$1154c940$a601280a@phx.gbl, > "fishboy" <anonymous@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote: > >> Excellent, got it working, thank you so much for your time Mickey! >> >>> -----Original Message----- >>> If you're using an Exchange Server, you need to set up the Out of Office >>> reply using Outlook or Outlook Web Access. >>> >>> Otherwise, see this FAQ article: >>> <http://www.entourage.mvps.org/rules/example/rule003.html> >>> >>> Make sure that you read the note at the bottom. If you don't want to or >>> cannot keep your computer on and internet connection active while you're >>> away, you should investigate to see if there is a server-level auto reply >>> function that you can use. >>> >>> On 7/15/04 6:11 PM, in article >> 2d28401c46ac1$18d12a90$a601280a@phx.gbl, >>> "fishboy" <anonymous@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote: >>> >>>> how do you do this in Entourage? >>> >>> -- >>> Mickey Stevens (Microsoft MVP for Office:mac) >>> PowerPoint FAQ featuring PowerPoint:mac: <http://www.pptfaq.com/> >>> Entourage Help Page: <http://www.entourage.mvps.org/> >>> >>> . >>> > >
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