HOWTO Configure an out of office message in outlook

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Contents 1 Comparisons with Usermin method 2 Directions 3 Videos 4 See also

Comparisons with Usermin method

Upside

• Template and rule only needs to be created once
• Quicker method

Downside

• Outlook must be installed on the workstation
• Workstation must be left on

Directions

Before you set the Out of Office auto reply in Outlook, you need to first create a new template in Outlook. After that is complete we can get to creating ourselves a new rule in Outlook.

1. Click the Tools menu and then Rules Wizard.
2. Click New.
3. Select Check messages when they arrive and click Next.
4. Check received in a specified date span, click the date span link in the rule description box and specify the date and click ok and then Next.
5. Check reply using a specific template and in the rule description click the template link and point to the template you created earlier. You may need to change the Look In to User Templates in File System. Once the file has been selected, Click Open.
6. Click Finish.

Videos

Video:HOWTO Configure an out of office message in outlook

See also

HOWTO Configure an out of office message in usermin