Re: Notifiying Away on Holiday Emails

Your point is valid, however the original poster mentioned "out of the
office or away on holidays" which assuming his office is not in his home and
is more than just him is not really much of a security risk. Lots of
companies want their employees to have such messages to prevent something
from falling through the cracks because the recipient is away. If the
person has an assistant then they could monitor the email but sometimes that
is not practical because of other privacy concerns. The point made by
another poster regarding spam validating email addresses and ping-ponging
is very valid, but if the company is large enough or technically aware they
would have anti-spam filters. Since he is using OE rather than Outlook, I
would guess the operation is small.
billh

"Kath Adams" <kathadams@(nospam)mvps.org> wrote in message
news:uVSh4eRlFHA.3148@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> It's not the length of time to set it up, or lack of it. It's the security
> and privacey aspect. You wouldn't post a note through all your
> neigbourboods letterboxes letting them know you are away, even if you did
> know them all, would you? Why do the same by email? Much better to contact
> your trusted friends by phone and inform them of the fact.
> --
> Kath Adams
> MS MVP - Windows (IE/OE)
>
> LsuEdu@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx wrote:
>> I agree as it took at least 30 seconds to click through the new rule
>> options to set it up.
>>
>> "Nick" <Nick@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
>> news:84D0E5EB-F232-4360-A70E-2E2BAFD655FA@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>>> Big Thank You to everyone that's replied and tried to help. By the
>>> looks of
>>> things it appears it's not worth it, so i shall imform my boss and
>>> tell it the implications. Thank you once again.
>>>
>>>
>>> "LsuEdu@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx" wrote:
>>>
>>>> To create a rule for e-mail messages to automatically with a return
>>>> TEXT message. Test by sending an email to: LsuEdu@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
>>>>
>>>> 1.. On the Tools menu, point to Message Rules, and then click
>>>> Mail. Message rules cannot be created for IMAP or HTTP e-mail
>>>> accounts. 2.. If this is the first rule you are creating, proceed to
>>>> step 3.
>>>> Otherwise, on the Mail Rules tab, click New and proceed to step 4.
>>>> 3.. Select the conditions for your rule by selecting the desired
>>>> check boxes in the Conditions section. (You must select at least one
>>>> condition.)
>>>> You can specify multiple conditions for a single rule by
>>>> selecting more than one check box. Click the and hyperlink in the
>>>> Rule Description section
>>>> to specify whether all of the rule conditions must be met before the
>>>> specified action occurs (and), or whether at least one must be met
>>>> (or). 4.. Specify the actions for your rule by selecting the desired
>>>> check boxes
>>>> in the Actions section. (You must select at least one condition.)
>>>> 5.. Click the underlined hyperlinks in the Rule Description
>>>> section to specify the conditions or actions for your rule.
>>>> You can click contains people or contains specific words in the
>>>> Rule Description section to specify the people or words you'd like
>>>> Outlook Express to look for in messages. If you enter multiple
>>>> people or multiple words per condition, use the Options button in
>>>> the Select People or Type Specific Words dialog boxes to further
>>>> customize the condition. 6.. In the Name of the rule text box, select
>>>> the default name or
>>>> type a new name for your rule, and then click OK.
>>>> Notes
>>>>
>>>> a.. You can create a new rule by selecting an existing one on the
>>>> Message
>>>> Rules tab and clicking Copy. This is helpful when the new rule you
>>>> want to
>>>> create is similar to an existing one.
>>>> b.. You can create a rule from a message by selecting an e-mail
>>>> message in
>>>> the main window and then on the Message menu clicking Create Rule
>>>> from Message. This helps by automatically filling in the name of
>>>> the person on the From line; no other information from the message,
>>>> however, is entered into the rule.
>>>> The fact that in Mohammedan law every woman must belong to some man
>>>> as his
>>>> absolute property - either as a child, a wife, or a concubine - must
>>>> delay
>>>> the final extinction of slavery until the faith of Islam has ceased
>>>> to be a
>>>> great power among men.
>>>>
>>>> Winston Churchill - London, England
>>>> http://www.winstonchurchill.org
>>>>
>>>> "Nick" <Nick @discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
>>>> news:DBB2DE58-0A5C-414F-83B7-A53B8C53C90D@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>>>>> How do i set up my email account to notify incoming emails that i'm
>>>>> away
>>>>> on
>>>>> holiday or out of the office until such time? I've looked through
>>>>> the options
>>>>> but just can't find the set up information.
>>>>>
>>>>> Thanks
>>>>> Nick
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