Re: Office Assistants [was Mailers]

["Rao, Sam" <Sam_Rao@AFCC.COM>]

If you are using Outlook, then instead of using the 'Out of Office
Assistant' use the 'Inbox Assistant' and define an exception rule, specify
the rule effective dates (from and to, use the advanced button) and reply
using a template. Use the template to define your custom message. To define
the exception rule: specify in the To: 'Multiple recipients of list
SQR-USERS' -- this identifies all messages sent to this list (SQR-USERS).
Now click on Advanced, and check the box for: 'Only items that do not match
these conditions'. What this rule really does is, for all incoming messages
received during the specified period that do not match the specified
condition (all messages except SQR-Users group), reply using the specified
template -- which will be your out of office message!

Another way: define a rule that will automatically delete all Out Of Office
replies as soon as they are received! -- most Out of Office replies use:
'Out of Office AutoReply:' in the subject line. You can use this to define
the rule!

Sam Rao



> -----Original Message-----
> From: Dray, Adam [SMTP:Adam.Dray@PHH.COM]
> Sent: Tuesday, September 21, 1999 8:49 AM
> To:   Multiple recipients of list SQR-USERS
> Subject:      Office Assistants [was Mailers]
>
> Does anyone have custom Outlook office assistant that sends an
> out-of-office
> message to everyone except SQR-USERS posters?  In the past, I have wanted
> to
> turn on the assistant but did not because I didn't want to 'spam' the
> handful of people who might post in the week I was away.  On the other
> hand,
> neither did I wish to set my list status NOMAIL, because I didn't want to
> miss anything.
>
> I am hoping someone has tackled this before and has a solution.  I'm not
> sure, but I believe a listwide answer to this (if informative and useful)
> would not be too far out of bounds for the list.  In any case, I'd
> appreciate any public or private response you could give me.
>
> I, too, have been momentarily annoyed when I posted and got 3-5 office
> assistant replies telling me that some person I didn't know could be
> reached
> at a certain pager number.  Then I realized that if I just deleted the
> message and moved on with my day, my stress level didn't have to rise at
> all
> and no more of my time would have to be 'wasted'. =)
>
> Thanks!
>
>
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Jason Wainwright [SMTP:JasonW@LIMON.CO.ZA]
> > Sent: Tuesday, September 21, 1999 2:45 AM
> > To:   Multiple recipients of list SQR-USERS
> > Subject:      Re: Mailers
> >
> > Hi Listmonitors
> >
> > Some people have thier office assistants on, it is a waste of my time to
> > recieve email telling me this.
> >
> > Could you please stop this.
> >
> > Thank U