Re: Vacation Feature Request WAS Re: Out of office message when a member of a DL

Thanks Santa!!

Mail: the Vacation rule functionality has been extended.

Start date is here

Brian Turnbow
Network Manager
TWT S.p.A.


> -----Original Message-----
> From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]]
> Sent: mercoledì 27 gennaio 2016 23:51
> To: [email protected]
> Subject: RE: Vacation Feature Request WAS Re: Out of office message when a
> member of a DL
>
> Yes , it would make  things much easier for end users.
> I know you can create a rule with the parameters,  but most customers have 
> a
> hard time getting it right.
>
> Thanks
>
> Brian
>
>
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>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Philip Slater [[email protected]]
> Received: Mercoledì, 27 Gen 2016, 19:07
> To: CommuniGate Pro Discussions [[email protected]]
> Subject: Vacation Feature Request WAS Re: Out of office message when a
> member of a DL
>
> Take it you are referring to the ‘easy vacation message interface’.
>
> Phil
>
>
> On Jan 27, 2016, at 9:20, Brian Turnbow <[email protected]> wrote:
>
> > Thanks Phil for the info,
> >
> > Sorry for stealing the thread , but I couldn't resist asking santa for
> > a belated xmas gift...
> >
> > Please, please and please again
> >
> > Add also
> >
> > ("Current Date", "greater than", “#DATE"),
> >
> > So we can have a start and stop date for the message and not have to
> > activate it the day we want it to start.
> >
> >
> >
> > Brian
> >
> >> -----Original Message-----
> >> From: CommuniGate Pro Discussions [mailto:[email protected]]
> >> On Behalf Of Philip Slater
> >> Sent: mercoledì 27 gennaio 2016 17:13
> >> To: CommuniGate Pro Discussions
> >> Subject: Re: Out of office message when a member of a DL
> >>
> >> Let me go into the basics of the automated out of office/vacation
> > message and
> >> you can then make your decision on how you want to go forward.
> >>
> >> So first here is the conditions and actions of the vacation message
> >>
> >>      ("Current Date", "less than", “#DATE"),
> >>      ("Human Generated", "---"),
> >>      (From, "not in", "#RepliedAddresses")
> >>    ),
> >>    (
> >>      ("Reply with", “#Message"),
> >>      ("Remember 'From' in", RepliedAddresses)
> >>
> >> If you note the second condition, “Human Generated”, that means that
> >> for
> > the
> >> vacation message to be true, the message must appear to come from
> >> what
> > we
> >> consider a human source.
> >>
> >> This will help with the “Human Generated”
> >>
> >> Human Generated
> >> This condition checks if the message is not generated by some
> >> automatic message generating software.
> >> Note: this condition has no parameters, so the operation code and the
> >> parameter value (if any) are ignored.
> >> It actually checks that the message header does not contain any of
> >> the following fields: Precedence: bulk, Precedence: junk, Precedence:
> >> list,
> > X-List*,
> >> X-Mirror*, X-Auto* (except for X-Auto-Response-Suppress),
> > X-Mailing-List,
> >> Auto-* This condition also checks that the message has a non-empty
> > Return-
> >> Path.
> >>
> >> So a message to a group has the following: X-Autogenerated: group
> >>
> >> Which means that your distribution list has that type of header.
> >>
> >>
> >> Unfortunately, you cannot create a lower priority rule that checks to
> > see if the
> >> message is from the group and then reply to the message without it
> > looping.
> >> This is because you would have to turn off the groups ability block
> >> the automated response and the inability of CGP to correctly store
> >> the #RepliedAddresses of a group email.
> >>
> >> I know I tried
> >>
> >> Phil
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >> On Jan 26, 2016, at 19:19, Paul_Dudley <[email protected]> wrote:
> >>
> >>>
> >>> It appears from out testing and recent experience, that if you are a
> > member
> >> of a distribution list, and you have an out of office message set, if
> >> an
> > email is
> >> sent to that distribution list, the sender does not receive your out
> >> of
> > office
> >> reply.
> >>> Is there any way or setting to change so that the sender will
> >>> receive
> > your out
> >> of office message if an email is sent to a distribution list that you
> > are a member
> >> of?
> >>>
> >>>
> >>> Thanks & Regards
> >>> Paul Dudley
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >> CommuniGate Pro Training
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> >>
> >> ________________________________________________________
> >>
> >> Philip Slater
> >> Professional Services
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> >>
> >>
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