Outlook Out-of-Office not replying to external addresses

Hello, A single user at work is having an issue with his out of office assistant. The OOA will reply to internal users within the domain but will not send out of office replies to external e-mail addresses. i tested this with my own personal e-mail account as well and did not receive a reply. The strange part is that all other users can send automated messages to both internal and external addresses, which i also tested. I verified the auto reply settings in the Exchange server, which is globally set to foward automated replies to external addresses. I have tried resetting and reapplying the OOA and set up automated reply rules in outlook and have had no luck. Any ideas on what can be causing this issue on a single user? Outlook 2003 Exchange Server 2003 All up to date with the latest patches and service packs.

Hi and welcome back to the WTT forums,
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On the face of it maybe this topic is more of a business nature?

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paws

Thanks, You may close this topic then.