"Out of Office Assistant" to send out auto-replies when you are out of office

Out of Office Assistant

Step 1)

On the Tools menu, click Out of Office Assistant.

Step 2)

Click Send Out of Office auto-replies.

Step 3)

If you want, select the Only send during this time range check box to schedule when your out of office replies are active. If you do not specify a start and end time, auto-replies will be sent until you click Do not send Out of Office auto-replies.

Step 4)

On the Inside My Organization tab, type the response that you want to send while you are out of the office.

Step 5)

On the Outside My Organization tab, select the Auto-reply to people outside my organization check box, and then type the response that you want to send while you are out of the office.

Note Organization is usually defined as your company and includes people who have an Exchange Server account on your e-mail system.

When the Auto-reply to people outside my organization check box is selected, the Outside My Organization tab displays (On) next to the tab name.

Step 6)

On the Outside My Organization tab, click My Contacts only or Anyone outside my organization to specify the people to whom auto-replies are to be sent.