Another OOF issue ----- Ex 2007
Hi Team Am facing another type of OOF issue for the users. The Problem is, One user named user1 had set up an out of office on outlook 2010 and he is member of one DDL (Dynamic Distribution List) when ever the other users sends an email to the DDL. The Other users are not getting the OOF reply form the user called user1. When the other user send an email to particular individual user(user1) . he gets an OOF messgae. The is issue is happening for Universal distribution List or Group. I checked in the user properties in EMC and advanced and tick "Send the Out of Office message to the orginator" . still the issue is presist. Why the other users are not getting the OOF message while send the email to Groups like DDL or Universal Distribution LIST? Please help and thanks in advance.
December 5th, 2010 1:15am

Im not sure I understand, when you check that box, only the sender of the message will get an OOF. It sounds as if its working as designed.
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December 5th, 2010 8:38am

My query is that " Will the OOF messge will not work if the sender send en email to the Distribution List or not? is that by deisgined.
December 5th, 2010 10:30am

By default, the OOF message will not be sent if you send to a distribution list. If you check that box, the sender will recieve any OOFs from mailboxes that have it set.
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December 5th, 2010 10:36am

Ok Thanks Andy. I check that box in the Distribution LIST . will the sender receive OOF message or not if one the members has set a OOF in the Universal Distribution List? or DDL?
December 5th, 2010 10:51am

OOFs are only set on mailboxes. If you check that box, the sender should get an OOF only from those mailboxes that have OOF enabled.
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December 5th, 2010 10:56am

Oh..so i have done a mistake to check the box ind Distribustion list? or not? so by design . Sender will not receive any OOF message if he sends to DDL or DL?
December 5th, 2010 11:00am

By default, that option is not checked because if the list is large, the sender may be bombarded by alot of OOF messages. I prefer to leave it unchecked.
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December 5th, 2010 11:07am

Thanks Andy for your prompt reply. Final query . Is there any way to get the OOF messge to sender if he sends to DL?
December 5th, 2010 11:10am

Hi, The only way is check the option "Send Out-of-Office message to originator" under the DL. Thanks AllenAllen Song
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December 9th, 2010 2:36am

Hi Allen I going to create one DL now, and setup the OOF for the one of the members in DL. and check the option "Send Out-of-Office message to originator" under the DL properties in EMC and let you know result as soon. whether the sender received the OOF message or not....
December 11th, 2010 5:34am

Hi Allen OOF Message are not recevied by the sender after enabled Send Out-of-Office message to originator" under the DL. Could you please check it from your end and update?
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December 15th, 2010 8:10am

Hi, It's weird. It's working fine on my different labs. How many Domain Controllers are there in your environment? Please ensure the configuration is replicated without issue. Thanks AllenAllen Song
December 16th, 2010 12:15am

Hi Allen, I tested once by creating the fresh DL and DDL and enabled Send Out-of-Office message to originator" under the DL. it work for me....sender can able receive the OOF message while sending the emails to DDL and DL's Thanks a lot........
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December 16th, 2010 6:48am

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