David
Sun May 11 05:15:00 PDT 2008
"F.H. Muffman" wrote:
> >>> I am using Outlook 2003 and Exchange Server 5.5 SP4 and trying to
> >>> delay delivery of a message from within a rule. I have been able to
> >>> put in a date and time but the next time a message comes with it is
> >>> automatically sending the message.
> >>>
> >>> Here is the scenario.
> >>>
> >>> We have a program running at 3:15 AM that is going to send and email
> >>> but I don't want it to get sent to a cell phone until after 7:00 AM.
> >>> This is going to happen daily. If I specify a date and time in the
> >>> rule because it is after the date that I put in the rule it is
> >>> automatically sending the email. Is there away that the date in the
> >>> rule email can change to the current date as we move forward.
> >>>
> >> Ok, my first suggestion is going to sound flip, but, why not just
> >> have it run at 7:00 AM rather than 3:15 AM or, conversely, seperate
> >> the program out into two programs one that builds the mail, one that
> >> sends it?
> >>
> >> That said, what is the rule you've created? What's the full text of
> >> it?
> >>
> >> It looks like the rule built in
> >>
http://www.howtogeek.com/howto/microsoft-office/use-outlook-rules-to-
> >> prevent-oh-no-after-sending-emails/ should work for you, especially
> >> if you configured it to look specifically at the header of the
> >> message that your program is creating.
> >>
> > For the rule I am replying with a different Email. The reason I need
> > to do this is because the message of the original will not fit into a
> > Text Message to the Cell Phone.
> >
> > Text of Rule
> > From emailAddress and with Order Issue in the subject have server
> > reply using Order Issues Email.
>
> Ok, I'm confused. How are you trying to delay the message then? There's
> nothing in that rule to delay it. To be honest, I'm not entirely sure you're
> going to have a solution. Sent Message rules are client based, so if the
> Server is doing the replying, no rule is going to run against the message,
> and Exchange 5.5 isn't exactly the most extensible system on the block.
> Exchange 2007 (heck, even 2003) could probably give you some programmable
> solutions.
>
> --
> -f.h.
>
>
>
The only way I could find to try and do it was using the Delivery before
option in the Message being used as the Reply. The issue is that if we set a
date in there the next time that it is run is past the date that we set. We
are going to 2003 sometime this month maybe I will wait for that and see what
the options are.