"Out of office" and Outlook 2003

When I attempts to set the Out of Office it doesn't let me make the change

I try to set the out of office assistant and it prompts me that the rule couldn't be saved

When I cancel out of the out of office assistant it prompts me that her rule was modified, do you want to save i hit yes and back to the rule couldn't be saved

1. Repaired Outlook
2. Renamed Extend.Dat and Ost Files
3. Repaired OST
4. went to OWA and turn off OOO assistant ond back on
5. Then relaunch Outlook modify OOO assistant
6. Logged in with Admin
7. Created new user profile
8. Created new Mail profile
9. Shutdown PC
10 Rebooted and OOO assistant error is BACK.
11. log in as the administrator and the same issue
12. uninstalled ands reinstalled outlook 2003
13. I also deleted the HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Office\11.0 in the registry, still did not help the situation.
14. configured another pc with my Mail profile and it works fine
15. re cloned my pc with ghost = issue is still present

Note: this only happens when the system is in Cache mode..????


Please help I going to go crazy until I figure it out

Maybe this helps seeming you only have it in cached mode :

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You are working offline. If you are using Cached Exchange Mode, on the File menu, click Work Offline. Otherwise, you must specify the connection behavior at startup

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Straight out of outlook 2003 help file ;)

C.

working on-line

>>> you must specify the connection behavior at startup - don't quite understand

Mmmm...

Well does it help or does the error go away if you "click" the option "work offline" in the File menu of Outlook 2003 ?

It says that you need to enable work offline when you are working in cached mode ..so I assume it only works if you do just that ?

Or if you have connection with the server , disable the cached method ... it works then you say ...so you kinda answered your own question ?!?

C.

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The Out of Office (OOF) rule does not fire in Outlook 2003 in Cached Exchange Mode



If you create a client-side OOF rule that creates a message, moves the e-mail message to a personal files (.pst) folder, or performs a custom action, the OOF rule does not fire if you run Outlook 2003 in Cached Exchange Mode.

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You don't mention whether or not you have SP1, here are the KB articles on the bugs and patches for outlook 2003.


http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?kbid=872839

SP 1 was updated. I saw that on the MS knowledge base

Cached mode = online = it should update the ost and seems to be functioning correctly

I can send and recieve without a issue. Mail seems to be functioning as normal

It's just the out of office that doent let me update.

I have no rules setup

Ran every command switch to clean and local setting stored for outlook

Still not-a- thing

Arhhhhhhhh

To use auto reply...or not

Doesnt it auto reply to spam????

Showing you addy is alive???

Personally I dont use it....but then again..I check my email when "away"...I cant help it :rolleyes:

MLF

well true to use or not

I have a workaround but the thing should work

there is something not right and ITS Driving me nuts

to use out of office you need to be on an Exchange server .............

[request removed]

I am connecting to a exchange server

The issue seems to stem from my local system though

Do you have any idea's for me, Foxylady

I deleted the extra post, took a min but I figured it out....

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Do you have any idea's for me, Foxylady

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who TF is foxy LADY :eek: :p

Only a quick one ........
do you have your OOO message saved ?
I have office 2k3, but as I'm not on Exchange, I can only go so far here at home.

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who TF is foxy LADY

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Hey Foxy is there something you need to tell us ?? :D

Hey binary0boy

Did you try it with the work offline trick thingie ?
Or juggle the cached no cached setting ?

C.

my bad on the foxylady

I attempted to go down the road for the saving of the message but was unable to locate it in the reg or locate a file which contains the information

where does outlook keep the information for the out of office??????

The message is typed into a window, that opens when you click on tools > OOO ........isn't it ?
as for where it STORES said message .................. :(

thats the question where is the file stored

the exchange server will get a rule pushed to it from the client that stores the information but on the client where is the information kept

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C:\Documents and Settings\users name\Local Settings\Application Data\Microsoft\Outlook

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the usual dumping ground for the outlook detritus ........
but as I do not have an Exchange server, this is it for me :(

I have a feeling that the server holds the details too :eek:
as the OOO replies whether you are online or switched off ..........

time to tear a exchange server apart

Before you tear apart your exchange...

Have you tried your profile on another machine.....with the out of office???

May be machine specific??

MLF


PS

Foxylady.....hehehehhehe

Yes and OOO works fine

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Yes and OOO works fine

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Then its not your exchange server...its the workstation.

Dont fiddle with exchange...its finicky(sp?)



You wouldnt happen to have multiple versions of office on there...

I recently had issues with outlook....due to this

MLF