How do I set up out of office assistant or create a similar rule?

[Marlene]

I do not have exchange but am trying to create a rule that would reply to any
emails that have my name in the TO or CC box telling people I will be out of
the office. I cannot figure out how to do this with Outlook 2003. Does
anyone know?

 

[Ben M. Schorr - MVP]

Aloha Marlene,

Tools | Rules Wizard....

Just realize that you're going to have to leave your computer on and logged
in and running Outlook for it to work. Also there is an excellent chance
that you're going to receive a lot more spam after you do this.

-Ben-
Ben M. Schorr, MVP
Roland Schorr & Tower
http://www.rolandschorr.com
Microsoft OneNote FAQ: http://www.factplace.com/onenote.html

 

[BillR [MVP]]

"How to emulate the Out of Office Assistant in Microsoft Outlook"

http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;311107

 

[Marlene]

Thank you. I was trying to do the templete/rules wizard step. However, when
I create my email that contains my out of office reply message and then go
through the steps to "save as", there isn't an option called "Outlook
Template" in my drop down menu. That's where I get stuck.