I feel like an idiot even asking this..If I have an auto reply with a custom template going out from a public folder how do I include the entire original message in the reply and attach something else on top of all of that as the message?All of it works great except that the reply only goes out with the custom text, not the original message. Thanks, and sorry if this is in the wrong place.

Per my knowledge, the original message cannot be contained into auto reply by default features in the exchange It may be possible by an customizedevent sink, you may try to create one. Or you can use the Development Forum which would be the most relevant forum for script Some 3rd-party software can also do the job, like Auto Reply Manager v2.0. Yet, it isbased on my research, theres no guarantee for the result References: How to register a transport event sink for the SMTP Service in Exchange 2000 Server