The situation is the following: Some of our mail enabled public folders need to have an automatic reply set to them and if a user replies to that automatically sent reply, that mail should be dropped by Exchange (like with a no-reply address type).
I am the owner of the public folders in question. I thought of doing this via the following method: I created a distribution list without any members that held the email address [EMAIL PROTECTED] My idea was to tie a template response to the public folder and in then in template set the from field to [EMAIL PROTECTED] >From within Outlook I started the folder assistant on one of the public folders, ticked reply with and created a template. I was however not able to save the template from field filled in. Then I ran into an article which says to create a template, but also make the public folder a member of the distribution list and have the public folder forward the messages that arrive in it, to that distribution list. The article however tells about a situation where one would like to have messages forwarded to members who are in that distribution list. It does not cover my situation completely (or perhaps not even at all) because I have a distribution list with no members in it because I would like the message no to be dropped. I have however been thinking about this solution. Will mail not get in a loop since I have a public folder which forwards all mail to a distribution list of which that same public folder is a member? The article is from a very respectable source so it must be correct but to me it sounds a bit strange. Could somebody explain this further? Another question I have is the following one: I saw several public folders with a no-reply address on it that looked like this: [EMAIL PROTECTED] That domain name is not routable, there are no MX records for it. Is this a good practice. What would happen if you would tie an automated reply to that folder, would that work and if it would work, it would not be best practice I assume since you do not own that domain name. Perhaps this can all be done much easier, I am very interested in other solutions. Thanks! _________________________________________________________________ List posting FAQ: http://www.swinc.com/resource/exch_faq.htm Web Interface: http://intm-dl.sparklist.com/read/?forum=exchange To subscribe: http://e-newsletters.internet.com/discussionlists.html/ To unsubscribe send a blank email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Exchange List admin: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe via postal mail, please contact us at: Jupitermedia Corp. Attn: Discussion List Management 475 Park Avenue South New York, NY 10016 Please include the email address which you have been contacted with.
