Is there a way to set a user's email Out of Office? I have a user who
is gone and called and asked me to turn this on for her. Short of
resetting her password and logging into her email (which I am hoping
to avoid because she may have to VPN in as she travels) I don't know
how to do it.

Thanks.

She can do that herself via OWA...

"KDawg44" <KDawg44> wrote in message
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On Feb 7, 1:24 pm, "SusanV" <svanal> wrote:
> She can do that herself via OWA...
>
> "KDawg44" <KDaw> wrote in message
>
> news:adb1
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> > Is there a way to set a user's email Out of Office? I have a user who
> > is gone and called and asked me to turn this on for her. Short of
> > resetting her password and logging into her email (which I am hoping
> > to avoid because she may have to VPN in as she travels) I don't know
> > how to do it.
>
> > Thanks.

Yeah but she currently is driving and was hoping I could do it for her
instead of waiting til she gets there.

KDawg44 wrote:
> On Feb 7, 1:24 pm, "SusanV" <svanal> wrote:
>
> Yeah but she currently is driving and was hoping I could do it for her
> instead of waiting til she gets there.

How's your VB scripting? - Never tried this before, but looks OK to me.


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http://telnetport25.wordpress.com/20...out-of-office/

My boss came over to me the other day and said "is there an easy way to
configure the Out of Office without having to physically logon to the
mailbox?".

I thought about it, and then did a little research and came up with the
following script: (Edit - found some problems - updated)


Set objMAPISession = CreateObject("MAPI.Session")

strExchangeSvr = InputBox("Please provide the name of your Exchange Server")
strMailbox = InputBox("Please provide the name of the Mailbox that you wish
to set OOO")

strMAPI = strExchangeSvr & vbLf & strMailbox

On error Resume Next

objMAPISession.Logon "", "", False, True, 0, False, strMAPI

If err <> 0 Then
Wscript.Echo "An Error occured: " & err.description
Err.clear
Wscript.Sleep 7000
Wscript.Quit
End If

strOOOMessage = InputBox("Please type in the OOO message for this user")

objMAPISession.OutOfOfficeText = strOOOMessage
objMAPISession.OutOfOffice = 1
strOOOMessage = objMAPISession.OutOfOfficeText

objMAPISession.Logoff
Set objMAPISession = Nothing

Essentially all you need to do is copy this script onto your Exchange server
(although you need to ensure that the account that you are logged on with
has rights to the mailboxes - permissions similar to EXMERGE are good) and
then run the script.

You will be asked for the Exchange Server name, the Mailbox alias and the
Out of Office message that you would like to set - voila!

On Feb 7, 1:46 pm, "kj [SBS MVP]" <KevinJ>
wrote:
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> Essentially all you need to do is copy this script onto your Exchange server
> (although you need to ensure that the account that you are logged on with
> has rights to the mailboxes - permissions similar to EXMERGE are good) and
> then run the script.
>
> You will be asked for the Exchange Server name, the Mailbox alias and the
> Out of Office message that you would like to set - voila!
>
> --
> /kj

Thanks very much. Unfortunately, I am bogged down with stuff today
and don't have time to play with that script so I just told her we
can't do it. :) I am going to tuck this away for a raining day
though! Thanks!

KDawg44 wrote:
> On Feb 7, 1:46 pm, "kj [SBS MVP]" <KevinJ>
> wrote:
>
> Thanks very much. Unfortunately, I am bogged down with stuff today
> and don't have time to play with that script so I just told her we
> can't do it. :) I am going to tuck this away for a raining day
> though! Thanks!


..after some testing.... me too.

KDawg44 <KDawg44> wrote:
> Is there a way to set a user's email Out of Office? I have a user who
> is gone and called and asked me to turn this on for her. Short of
> resetting her password and logging into her email (which I am hoping
> to avoid because she may have to VPN in as she travels) I don't know
> how to do it.
>
> Thanks.

Change her password and log in as her to OWA, or if she doesn't mind, grant
yourself full mailbox rights to her mailbox in ADUC and open her mailbox in
OWA or Outlook.

KJ you are da bomb. Awesome script! I have some helpless sales guys who always ask me to set OOO messages.Thanks a bunch.

/cd

c d wrote:
> KJ you are da bomb. Awesome script! I have some helpless sales guys
> who always ask me to set OOO messages.Thanks a bunch.
>
> /cd


Thanks, I think. Not sure what this in reference to, but I'm happy your
golden whatever the solution.

I think he means Out of Office Messages
And Apparently you have a Script?

:)

Russ

Russ (www.SBITS.Biz) wrote:
> I think he means Out of Office Messages
> And Apparently you have a Script?
>
> :)
>
> Russ

I've got lots of scripts. Most are the fine works of others that I modified
or adapted. Don't remember anything recent about scripts or OOF's that I had
any hand in.

Sometimes that blind squirrel does find the nut. :)
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Do blind squirrels survive?