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ExternalReply

Topic Last Modified: 2006-11-29

The ExternalReply element contains the Out of Office (OOF) response that is sent to addresses outside the recipient's domain or trusted domains.

Syntax

<ExternalReply>
   <Message>...</Message>
</ExternalReply>

Type

ReplyBody

Attributes and Elements

The following sections describe attributes, child elements, and parent elements.

Attributes

Attribute Description

xml:lang

Specifies the language used in the ExternalReply message. The possible values for this attribute are defined by IETF RFC 3066.

Child Elements

Element Description

Message (Availability)

Contains the OOF response.

Parent Elements

Element Description

UserOofSettings

Specifies the OOF settings.

The following is the XPath expression to this element:

/SetUserOofSettingsRequest/UserOofSettings

OofSettings

Contains the OOF settings.

The following is the XPath expression to this element:

/GetUserOofSettingsResponse/OofSettings

Remarks

The schema that describes this element is located in the EWS virtual directory of the computer that is running Microsoft Exchange Server 2007 that has the Client Access server role installed.

Example

The following example of a SetUserOofSettings request sets the OofState to Enabled, sets the duration of OOF to 10 days, and sets the internal and external OOF messages.

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<soap:Envelope xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xmlns:xsd="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema" xmlns:soap="https://schemas.xmlsoap.org/soap/envelope/">
  <soap:Body>
    <SetUserOofSettingsRequest xmlns="https://schemas.microsoft.com/exchange/services/2006/messages">
      <Mailbox xmlns="https://schemas.microsoft.com/exchange/services/2006/types">
        <Name>David Alexander</Name>
        <Address>someone@example.com</Address>
        <RoutingType>SMTP</RoutingType>
      </Mailbox>
      <UserOofSettings xmlns="https://schemas.microsoft.com/exchange/services/2006/types">
        <OofState>Enabled</OofState>
        <ExternalAudience>All</ExternalAudience>
        <Duration>
          <StartTime>2005-10-05T00:00:00</StartTime>
          <EndTime>2005-10-25T00:00:00</EndTime>
        </Duration>
        <InternalReply>
          <Message>I am out of office.  This is my internal reply.</Message>
        </InternalReply>
        <ExternalReply>
          <Message>I am out of office. This is my external reply.</Message>
        </ExternalReply>
      </UserOofSettings>
    </SetUserOofSettingsRequest>
  </soap:Body>
</soap:Envelope>

Element Information

Namespace

https://schemas.microsoft.com/exchange/services/2006/types

Schema Name

Types schema

Validation File

Types.xsd

Can be Empty

False

See Also

Reference

SetUserOofSettings Operation