RE: Delegating OOF management
Do your users have OWA access?? If so why not show them how to set the OOF message from the OWA page then they can do it themselves remotely. However Exchange Permission Manager may enable you to give these people the access they need From: Travis Robinson [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: 15 January 2008 18:39 To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues Subject: Delegating OOF management Hello, Scenario: We have an offsite location which is two hours ahead of my location. When they have someone call in sick for the day, they want to be able to go in and change the Out of Office message for the person calling in. One problem being they want about 10 people to have the ability to change these for about 100 employees. I know I can give them the permission to do this, but don't want to give them too much access and I don't want to do this for 100 people. Delegates don't work for this issue. Right now, I tell them to call the helpdesk and I'll make the changes when I get in, but they're concerned about the 2 hour delay. Is there a program that can accomplish this? What would the best way to handle this so it can be changed in a timely manner without giving access to everyone's e-mail? Thanks Travis This message is for the designated recipient only and may contain privileged, proprietary, or otherwise private information. If you have received it in error, please notify the sender immediately and delete the original. Any other use of the email by you is prohibited. ~ Ninja Email Security with Cloudmark Spam Engine Gets Image Spam ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Ninja~
Re: Delegating OOF management
I don't think that there is a program that will do what you are asking. Basically, you must be in the actual mailbox, not attached to it via some permissions etc, to setup OOF, which means you are going to have to give Ownership level permissions in order to do this. Wouldn't it be easier to give these employees the ability to connect to their mailboxes remotely so that they can do it for themselves? Oh, and if you say management has demanded this, you might want to ask management if they have checked on the legal aspect of this. On Jan 15, 2008 10:38 AM, Travis Robinson [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hello, Scenario: We have an offsite location which is two hours ahead of my location. When they have someone call in sick for the day, they want to be able to go in and change the Out of Office message for the person calling in. One problem being they want about 10 people to have the ability to change these for about 100 employees. I know I can give them the permission to do this, but don't want to give them too much access and I don't want to do this for 100 people. Delegates don't work for this issue. Right now, I tell them to call the helpdesk and I'll make the changes when I get in, but they're concerned about the 2 hour delay. Is there a program that can accomplish this? What would the best way to handle this so it can be changed in a timely manner without giving access to everyone's e-mail? Thanks Travis -- Sherry Abercrombie Reality is merely an illusion, albeit a persistent one. -Albert Einstein ~ Ninja Email Security with Cloudmark Spam Engine Gets Image Spam ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Ninja~
RE: Delegating OOF management
Thanks for confirming my thought. We have OWA published so that would work, but apparently not everyone has access to internet? Odd, I know. I haven't had the legal conversation yet, because I initially told them I wasn't aware of a way. I never told them we could do it by giving them full access. That would get shot down quickly if they actually wanted to move forward with it. Thanks again From: Sherry Abercrombie [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, January 15, 2008 9:50 AM To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues Subject: Re: Delegating OOF management I don't think that there is a program that will do what you are asking. Basically, you must be in the actual mailbox, not attached to it via some permissions etc, to setup OOF, which means you are going to have to give Ownership level permissions in order to do this. Wouldn't it be easier to give these employees the ability to connect to their mailboxes remotely so that they can do it for themselves? Oh, and if you say management has demanded this, you might want to ask management if they have checked on the legal aspect of this. On Jan 15, 2008 10:38 AM, Travis Robinson [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hello, Scenario: We have an offsite location which is two hours ahead of my location. When they have someone call in sick for the day, they want to be able to go in and change the Out of Office message for the person calling in. One problem being they want about 10 people to have the ability to change these for about 100 employees. I know I can give them the permission to do this, but don't want to give them too much access and I don't want to do this for 100 people. Delegates don't work for this issue. Right now, I tell them to call the helpdesk and I'll make the changes when I get in, but they're concerned about the 2 hour delay. Is there a program that can accomplish this? What would the best way to handle this so it can be changed in a timely manner without giving access to everyone's e-mail? Thanks Travis -- Sherry Abercrombie Reality is merely an illusion, albeit a persistent one. -Albert Einstein ~ Ninja Email Security with Cloudmark Spam Engine Gets Image Spam ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Ninja~
