Setting Up Out-of-Office Messages in Outlook 2011
Last updated
March 13, 2013 8:15:40 AM PDT
Learn how to set up e-mail to respond to incoming mail with your out-of-office message.
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- In Outlook, click Tools
- Click Out of Office.
- Select Send Out Of Office messages.
- Enter your out of office response in the Reply to messages with box below.
- Note: The response entered in this field will ONLY be sent to INTERNAL UCSD e-mail addresses.
- Specify a start and end time for the reply to activate and deactivate. Check the I am out of the office between box and specity the time in the START date and End Date field.
- Check the Send replies outside my company to check box.
- Click on Address Book contact only or Anyone outside my company.
- Address Book contacts only option sends the out of office response only to the external emails in your Address Book on your computer.
- Anyone outside my company option sends the out of office response to anyone that sends you an email.
- Enter the message that will be sent to external (non-UCSD) e-mail addresses.
- Click OK.
- In Outlook, click Tools then Out of Office.
- Select on Do not send Out Of Offices messages.
- Click OK.
- Note: Even though the previous Out of Office message is still in the text box, the Out of Office Assistant is no longer active..
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