Microsoft KB Archive/821899

= How to enable out-of-office reply messages to the Internet =

Article ID: 821899

Article Last Modified on 10/25/2007

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APPLIES TO


 * Microsoft Exchange Server 2003 Enterprise Edition
 * Microsoft Exchange Server 2003 Standard Edition

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For a Microsoft Exchange 2000 Server version of this article, see 262352.



SUMMARY
By default in Microsoft Exchange Server 2003, the sending of out-of-office reply messages to the Internet is disabled. Many administrators do not allow out-of-office reply messages to be sent outside the Exchange organization to prevent unauthorized people from learning when users are out of the office.



MORE INFORMATION
To enable out-of-office reply messages to the Internet, follow these steps:
 * 1) Start Exchange System Manager.
 * 2) Double-click Global Settings, and then click Internet Message Formats.
 * 3) In the details pane, right-click a domain name, and then click Properties.

Note By default, &quot;*&quot; is the SMTP domain.
 * 1) In the Default Properties dialog box, click Advanced, and then click to select the Allow out of office responses check box.

This allows out-of-office reply messages to be sent under this SMTP policy.

Keywords: kbinfo KB821899

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