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Words for Wednesday #5: Automatic Replies in Outlook

By Online Editor Last updated Apr 29, 2015 83 0

Did you know…
…that you can set your Outlook to auto reply when you are out of the office? OK, you may KNOW about it, but do you USE it? After opening Outlook, select the “File” Menu and you’ll see Automatic Replies (Out of Office). You can set a reply back whenever someone emails you stating you are out of the office, when you’ll be back, who else they can contact in your absence, etc.

You can specify the date and time when you want the automatic replies to start and stop if you don’t want to turn it on and off yourself. You can also set different messages to go out based on whether the sender’s email is an on-campus address vs. an off-campus address. Press OK to Save.

You can also do this in Webmail under the Options Menu where you’ll see “Set Automatic Replies”. Just don’t forget to hit “Save”.