RE: Out of Office and POP3 connector

Hi Andrew,

Thanks for your post.

>From the description, I understand that your issue is that you are using
POP3 connector to receive emails and you want to use OOF, however, the OOF
only work in the internal but not external. If I have misunderstood your
issue, please let me know.

The Out of Office Assistant feature in Microsoft Outlook is a Microsoft
Exchange Server service. It is available only when the Exchange Server
transport service is included in an Outlook user's profile.

I am not sure what the meaning of "from the outside" is. If the user using
outlook outside the domain and does not using the exchange account, the OOF
feature will not work. That is a normal behavior.

If you mean that the OOF reply does not be sent to external, you can refer
to the following KB:

XCON: How to Enable Out-of-Office Replies to the Internet
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;262352

Note: This KB also apply for exchange 2003 server.

For your information:

How to use the Out of Office Assistant in Office Outlook 2003 and in
Outlook 2002
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;290846

How to emulate the Out of Office Assistant in Microsoft Outlook
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/311107/en-us


If you have any questions please do not hesitate to let me know. I am glad
to be of assistance.

Best regards,

Jerry Zhao (MSFT)

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