How do I put an 'out of office' message on my email?

G

Glam kat

I'm going on holiday and need to put an out of office message on my email so
people get a response from my email to let them know I wont be able to
respond until I am back from holiday. Please help! I use Outlook.
 
W

wayfarrer

The Out of Office Assistant feature in Microsoft Outlook is a Microsoft Exchange
Server service. If you're not using this service, see this article for a
workaround:

How to emulate the Out of Office Assistant in Microsoft Outlook
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;311107

Keep in mind:
1) You must have your system up and running 24/7
2) You must configure Outlook to check mail automatically.
3) Spammers love this feature...
 
R

Roady [MVP]

If you are in an Exchange environment (ask your administrator if you do
notknow) you can set the Out of the Office Assistant which is located under
Tools.

If you are not in an Exchange environment you can create a rule that replies
on all e-mails. The downside of this is that you'll have to have your
Outlook open all the time for the rules to process. Make sure you set some
exceptions (for instance based on the subject field so it will not reply on
subject with e.g. reply, failed, undeliverable, etc...) otherwhise you could
create endless mailloops between two mailservers and those can be a real
threat to the mailservers!

--
Robert Sparnaaij [MVP-Outlook]
www.howto-outlook.com


Tips of the month:
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