This is a surprising omission (to me). We have transferred from Lotus Notes,
and this "facility" was available on Notes. (As was the ability to set the
o-o-o message to run only between certain specified dates - this enabled you
to set it in advance so that you didn't forget to switch it on in the last
minute panic before going on holiday!)

"Milly Staples [MVP - Outlook]" wrote:

You cannot configure a rule for the Out of Office assistant as it is server
based, not client based and server based rules always run first.

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Milly Staples [MVP - Outlook]

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After furious head scratching, first500 asked:

| Certain incoming emails (especially from mailing lists) do not need
| an Out of Office response from Outlook, as this only triggers a
| further auto response from the sender, which then triggers another
| o-o-o response from Outlook etc etc.......
|
| How do I formulate a rule for the o-o-o-assistant, telling it not to
| respond to certain addresses?