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GroupWise Vacation Rule (No Spam)

When people take vacations they often like to reply to mail items letting others know that they are currently away. In GroupWise you can do that by creating a vacation rule. If however you receive a lot of junk mail it is not advisable to reply to those items. If most of your junk mail includes a spam mail rating in the subject line use the following instructions to create a vacation rule that does not reply to those types of junk mail items.

Click "Tools", "Rules", "New". Type a name for the rule.

Under "When Event Is" make sure "New Item" is selected, and “Received” is selected.

Under "Item Types", select the item types you want to reply to usually just "Mail".

Click “Define Conditions”.

In the first pop-up menu, click "All Fields", then find and click "Delivered".

In the next box, select "On or After Date", then in the next box, replace the date that appears with the date you're leaving.

In the last pop-up menu, click "And" to start another row.

This row is similar to the first one, but will define the end of your vacation.

Once again click "All Fields" and then click "Delivered" now click "On or Before Date", then in the next box, replace the date with the day you're returning.

In the last pop-up menu, click "And" to start another row. Now select "Subject", "Does not contain" ""?.??/5.00". The last box should say "End" now click"OK"

Now go down to “Then Actions Are”, and click "Add Action", "Reply". Make sure "Reply to Sender" is selected, then click OK.

Type your subject "On Vacation" or whatever you choose, type in your message, then click OK.

Click “Save”, “Close”. That's it.

More information on Spam Mail filters is available here.