Need "Out of Office Assistant " Access

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Deanna Nelson

I use Microsoft Office 2003 with the XP Service Pack 2
Download.

Please let me know if there is any way I can set up an
Out of Office Assistant.

I need to know how to get and Exchange Server e-mail
account for my business: Journeys far & Near, LLC for
which I use this computer. I am a self-employed person
operating as an independent contractor under that company
name - without a complicated set-up, but with a
professional grade Dell Latitude D600 computer and
Windows XP Professional. I've been working with Windows
since 3.0, and with PC's since the XT, although my
business is not of a technical one. Before that I used an
series of "airline" computers beginning in 1971(and was
the office software trouble-shooter and set-up queen).
 
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neo [mvp outlook]

If you are working with a POP/IMAP account, the only way is to use the rules
wizard to simulate the feature. Downside is that Outlook has to be running
the entire time. Depending on your budget, you might consider using an
Exchange Hosting Provider or sometimes referred to as an ASP.
http://www.msexchange.org/services/ has a list of some folks that offer
Exchange mailbox(es) at reasonable rates.

For you, one that offers Exchange 2003 and allows you to connect via RPC
over HTTPS would be ideal but shouldn't leave out any of the other goodies
like OWA for those times when you are at a public kiosk. (Make sure they do
AV and Antispam. You also might want to ask them about backups and restores
just in case you need something pulled back that you accidentally delete.)
 
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