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    Is it possible to completely disable functionality for Automatic Replies Inside my Organization?

    We only want users to use Outside My Organization Replies.

    Can this be done through powershell for all users, if so whats the command?

    Thanks!

    Friday, July 6, 2012 9:01 AM

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    Hi!

    I'm not aware of an option that allows you to disable your internal OOF replies. You could try a GPO for Office to disable the functionality, but I'm not sure whether it exists (actual, I'm pretty sure it doesn't).

    Alternatively you could create a transport rule that "intercepts" these messages and drops them.

    The "logic" behind the rule would then be:

    If message is sent internally & subject contains "Out of Office:" > drop the message.

    Michael Van Horenbeeck
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    Friday, July 6, 2012 10:09 AM

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    Hi!

    I'm not aware of an option that allows you to disable your internal OOF replies. You could try a GPO for Office to disable the functionality, but I'm not sure whether it exists (actual, I'm pretty sure it doesn't).

    Alternatively you could create a transport rule that "intercepts" these messages and drops them.

    The "logic" behind the rule would then be:

    If message is sent internally & subject contains "Out of Office:" > drop the message.

    Michael Van Horenbeeck
    Check out my blog or find me on twitter

    Friday, July 6, 2012 10:09 AM
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    Agree with Michael.

    I haven't come across a way of doing it, apart from a transport rule.

    Rajith Enchiparambil | http://www.howexchangeworks.com |

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    Friday, July 6, 2012 10:30 AM
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    Hi Hudson,

    Looking more into the issue you have, try setting the option on a mailbox by running the command below.

    Set-MailboxAutoReplyConfiguration user@domain.com –AutoReplyState Disabled –InternalMessage $null

    If it works for one mailbox, get all mailbox and pipe it.

    Rajith Enchiparambil | http://www.howexchangeworks.com |

    HowExchangeWorks.Com

    Friday, July 6, 2012 10:40 AM
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    Thanks for the replies that didnt work so I guess its something we'll have to stick with.

    The reason I asked this question was because we use Blackberry Enterprise server if we set the out of office from the Blackberry it only enables the internal out of office.

    Thanks.

    Friday, July 6, 2012 10:59 AM
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    Transport rules should work though...

    Michael Van Horenbeeck
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    Friday, July 6, 2012 11:43 AM
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    Agree with Michael.

    Transport rules let you apply messaging policies to e-mail messages that flow through the transport pipeline on Hub Transport.

    In addition, here is another post for reference. Have a check.

    Noya Lau

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    Tuesday, July 10, 2012 5:34 AM