OOF did not always fire once for each User's message. In 4.0 and 5.0 it fired for every message that the User sent, and if the User sent 10 messages to the mailbox, OOF would reply to each one. So, John Smith sends a message to his brother Jon Smith. Jon Smith's OOF fires off an OOF going back to John Smith. However, John Smith's mail server went down. So the OOF hits the downed mail server and kicks it back to Jon Smith's mailbox, which fires off another OOF. And there you have the "ping-pong effect" that can occur. I might not have described it entirely correct, but that was the scenario. Just because YOU have not seen it happen, doesn't mean it hasn't happened. OOF on 5.5 and 2000 only fires once per User. 4.0 and 5.0 fired for every single message sent to the same User.
Geoff....... -----Original Message----- From: Ben Winzenz [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Thursday, August 01, 2002 10:59 AM To: Exchange Discussions Subject: RE: OOF Messages to the Internet Prove it. Since OOF fires only once "per sender", how does it cause or be a part of a loop? I'm just curious. If it does in fact cause a loop, I would like to know how it does. Not trying to be sarcastic here, or anything else, but can you describe the situation where you saw this happen? Ben Winzenz Network/Systems Administrator Peregrine Systems -----Original Message----- From: Dale Geoffrey Edwards [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Wednesday, July 31, 2002 3:38 PM To: Exchange Discussions Subject: RE: OOF Messages to the Internet OOF can, in fact, cause a ping-pong effect out to the Internet. Been there, seen it, turned it off. Yes, there could have been a rule that affected it also, but it still is a no-no at my Company. Geoff....... -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Wednesday, July 31, 2002 4:09 PM To: Exchange Discussions Subject: RE: OOF Messages to the Internet On Wed, 31 Jul 2002, at 12:40pm, Ben Winzenz wrote: > Sorry, but that is NOT Out of Office. That is a rule that was set up. > Out of Office fires only ONCE per sender. Period. Allowing > autoforwarding to the internet will cause mail loops, but not Out of > office to the internet. Er, oh yeah. *sheepish grin* I tend to lump them together in my head... Sorry 'bout that. -- Ben Scott <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> | The opinions expressed in this message are those of the author and do | not | necessarily represent the views or policy of any other person, | entity or | organization. All information is provided without | warranty of any kind. | _________________________________________________________________ List posting FAQ: http://www.swinc.com/resource/exch_faq.htm Archives: http://www.swynk.com/sitesearch/search.asp To unsubscribe: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Exchange List admin: [EMAIL PROTECTED] _________________________________________________________________ List posting FAQ: http://www.swinc.com/resource/exch_faq.htm Archives: http://www.swynk.com/sitesearch/search.asp To unsubscribe: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Exchange List admin: [EMAIL PROTECTED] _________________________________________________________________ List posting FAQ: http://www.swinc.com/resource/exch_faq.htm Archives: http://www.swynk.com/sitesearch/search.asp To unsubscribe: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Exchange List admin: [EMAIL PROTECTED] _________________________________________________________________ List posting FAQ: http://www.swinc.com/resource/exch_faq.htm Archives: http://www.swynk.com/sitesearch/search.asp To unsubscribe: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Exchange List admin: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
