{"id":735,"date":"2010-09-04T01:50:08","date_gmt":"2010-09-04T00:50:08","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.tsls.co.uk\/?p=735"},"modified":"2010-09-04T01:50:08","modified_gmt":"2010-09-04T00:50:08","slug":"bpos-exchange-things-you-think-you-cant-do-but-really-can","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.tsls.co.uk\/index.php\/2010\/09\/04\/bpos-exchange-things-you-think-you-cant-do-but-really-can\/","title":{"rendered":"BPOS Exchange things you think you can\u2019t do but really can"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>BPOS Exchange things you think you can\u2019t do but really can;<\/p>\n<p><strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Company wide footers (Disclaimers) <\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>How, Open a service request in the Admin Centre supplying them with the footer you require<\/p>\n<p>Note: You are restricted to ASCII characters (no return carriages) and can only be assigned to Authoritative BPOS domains (all users migrated) and not specific users, OU\u2019s, Descriptions, Job title.*<\/p>\n<p>*NB: 12-10-10 Microsoft can now add company disclaimers to &#8216;external relay&#8217; 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