Have Exchange Server send custom reply
messages
You can use the Rules Wizard to automatically send reply
messages to certain people even when you're not running Outlook
2002. So, when you're on vacation and your computer is turned off,
you can still send custom replies to messages from certain people.
Here's how to have Microsoft Exchange Server do this
automatically.
Environment: Outlook 2003, Outlook 2007, Exchange 2000, Exchange
2003, Exchange 2007
Create a rule to have Exchange Server send an automatic
reply
On the Tools menu, click Rules Wizard.
In the Apply changes to this folder list, click the
Inbox you want to create the rule for.
Click New.
Click Start from a blank rule.
Click Check messages when they arrive, and then click
Next.
In the Which condition(s) do you want to check list,
select the From people or distribution list check box.
In the Rule description list, click the underlined
phrase, people or distribution list.
In the Type name or select from list box, type the name
of each person you want to receive the custom reply, and click
From after you type each name.
Click OK, and then click Next.
In the What do you want to do with the message list,
select the Have server reply using a specific message check
box.
In the Rule description list, click the underlined
phrase, a specific message.
In the subject line and message body, type whatever information
you'd like to appear in your custom reply.
Click Close, and when prompted to save changes, click
Yes.
Click Next, and select the check box next to any
exception that you want.
Click Next, and in the Please specify a name for this
rule box, type a name for the rule.
Click Finish, and then click OK.
That's it. Now, when you receive a message from one of the
people you specified in step 8, they'll automatically receive your
custom response.
Important1:
When you set up a rule to
automatically reply to someone, the Rules Wizard will send a reply
for each message you receive from that person.
Important2:
When you
seet up a rule to automatically reply to a distribution group, You
must enable "Send out of office messages to originator" option on
the distribution group
For Exchange 2003
In the Active Directory Users and Computers Microsoft Management
Console (MMC), follow these steps:
On the View menu, make sure that the Advanced
Features option is selected.
Double-click the distribution group that automatic replies do
not work for.
On the Exchange Advanced tab, click to select the
Send out-of-office messages to originator check
box.
Click OK to close the properties of this group.
After this change replicates to all of the domain controllers
that Exchange 2003 or Exchange 2000 is using, the automatic replies
feature works as expected.
For Exchange 2007:
Please run below command in Exchange Management Shell
Set-DistributionGroup -Identity "DistributationGroupName"
-SendOofMessageToOriginatorEnabled:$True