SelectiveOOF for MS Exchange 2000/2003

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How to Enable Out-of-Office Replies to the Internet You cannot restrict certain automatic responses to the Internet based on administrative groups in Exchange 2000 Server or in Exchange Server 2003

SelectiveOOF for Exchange 2000/2003 application allows the Exchange administrator to suppress Out of Office replies to the Internet selectively based on sender and recipient e-mail domains or based on sender default SMTP address. The application can be installed on any Exchange 2000/2003 server.

The application is a transport event sink.

Current version: 1.1.0.8

Installation

On your Exchange server computer:

1. Enable Out-of-Office replies to the Internet globally as described at How to Enable Out-of-Office Replies to the Internet
   
   
2. Select (or create) a user account that is a member of the local Administrators, Domain Admins and Domain Users security groups.
   
   
3. Log on as that user.
   
   
4. Create C:\Program Files\SelectiveOOF\ directory.
   
   
5. Download SelectiveOOF-Demo.zip archive file to C:\Program Files\SelectiveOOF\ directory and extract all files.
   
   
6. Run C:\Program Files\SelectiveOOF\regSelectiveOOF.bat.
   
   

Testing

1. Run SelectiveOOFSetup.exe. Click "Add * (any domain)" button.
   
   
2. Now we need to create an exception rule. Click Add button near the second list. You will see "Add new e-mail domain" dialog window. Place "@yahoo.com" (without quotes) to the field. Click OK.
   
   
   
   
3. Open Outlook and click Tools > Out of Office Assistant. Set your OOF reply message and make sure that "I am currently Out of the Office" radio button is selected. Exit Outlook.
   
4. Send a message to your Exchange mailbox from any Yahoo e-mail account you can operate. You will receive an OOF reply soon.
   
   
5. Send a message to your Exchange mailbox from any external non-Yahoo Internet address you can operate. You will not receive an OOF reply, as it will be deleted by SelectiveOOF application.
   
   
6. Delete the exception rule that you set earlier. To do that in SelectiveOOFSetup.exe main window click "Delete All" near the second list. You will see "Are you sure you want to delete all items from the list?" prompt. Click Yes.
   
   
   
   
7. Open Outlook and click Tools > Out of Office Assistant. Select "I am currently In the Office" radio button. Click OK. Click Tools > Out of Office Assistant again. Select "I am currently Out of the Office" radio button. Click OK. Exit Outlook.
   
   
8. Send a message to your Exchange mailbox from any external Internet address you can operate. You will not receive an OOF reply, as it will be deleted by SelectiveOOF application what has no exception rules now.
   
   
9. Create another exception rule. To do that in SelectiveOOFSetup.exe main window click Add button near the third list. You will see "Add new e-mail address" dialog window. Place your default SMTP address there. Example: "j.doe@domain.com" (without quotes). Click OK.
   
   
   
   
10. Open Outlook and click Tools > Out of Office Assistant. Select "I am currently In the Office" radio button. Click OK. Click Tools > Out of Office Assistant again. Select "I am currently Out of the Office" radio button. Click OK. Exit Outlook.
    
    
11. Send a message to your Exchange mailbox from any external Internet address you can operate. You will receive an OOF reply soon.
    
    

Do not forget that Exchange will reply only once to each sender when OOF is enabled. To reset the OOF you should disable it and then enable it again.

SelectiveOOF has been tested with Exchange 2000 and Exchange 2003.

Uninstallation

1. Run SelectiveOOFSetup.exe. Click "Delete All" button near the first list. You will see "Are you sure you want to delete all items from the list?" prompt. Click Yes. Click "Delete All" button near the second list. Click "Delete All" button near the third list. Click "Exit" button.
   
   
2. Run C:\Program Files\SelectiveOOF\unRegSelectiveOOF.bat
   
   
3. Delete C:\Program Files\SelectiveOOF\ directory.
   
   

About this demo version.

SelectiveOOF demo version can operate only with the topmost item of each exception list.

F.A.Q.

Q. I receive the following error: "Component ‘MSCOMCTL.OCX’ or one of its dependencies not correctly registered. A file is missing or invalid."
A. Check if you could find mscomctl.ocx file in C:\WINNT\system32 folder. If not, copy it from other computer or from here and register it using Start -> Run and typing "regsvr32 C:\WINNT\system32\mscomctl.ocx" (without quotes).

Q. I am about to purchase this product but I wondering regarding updates/patches. What are the policies regarding updates? Do you provide them freely or as a purchase?
A. As a registered user, you will get free updates for one year from the date of purchase.
Once the new version is ready, this information will be e-mailed to all registered users. We will send updates via e-mail to those who request them.

Q.  I have already ordered your software and want to view data relating to my order.
A.  Just visit our Customer Care Center.

Prices

Licensing policy: the product is licensed on a per-Exchange server basis.

Number of licenses	Individual price
1-2	USD 200		ORDER
From 3	USD 150
Site license	USD 5000		ORDER
Enterprise license (including the source code)	USD 21000		ORDER
All transactions are securely processed by our external registration providers.			Customer Care Center
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Site license covers a single organization in one location (building complex). If you purchase a site license, you may use the program in an unlimited number of your company's computers within this area.
Enterprise license covers all computers of single organization world-wide. If your company has many branches even with thousands of machines, Enterprise license covers them all.

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Thank you,
Victor Ivanidze,
software developer.

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