OfficeTalk provides a mail rule service which lets the computer, running the service, perform any resulting actions on behalf of each user. This is a useful feature for users who wish for their mail rules to be carried out during a time when they plan not to log on to OfficeTalk. Consider the scenario where a specific OfficeTalk user plans to go on holiday for two weeks and so sets up a mail rule to redirect all incoming mail to a colleague. Only by using the mail rule service will the user's mail be regularly checked and the rule promptly applied. If the mail rule service was not activated, then the rule would be carried out by the user's machine only when the user returned from holiday and logged on to OfficeTalk.
You may activate the mail rule service by selecting the appropriate check box in the OfficeTalk Services dialog box. You can specify how frequently the server machine will try to perform this service by selecting Mail Rule Service and pressing the Settings… button.
The Rule Service Settings property sheet is displayed. Press the New… button to add a schedule for performing the service.