Out of Office Reply

D

Dave

Can anyone tell me how to program the "Out of Office
Reply" to all emails that come in to my in box? I am not
able to find it anywhere in my Outlook 2000 application.
 
P

Patricia Cardoza - [MVP Outlook]

If you're not using Exchange Server, you won't have that option. You'll have
to use the Rules Wizard and leave Outlook running and connected to the
Internet.

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Patricia Cardoza
Outlook MVP

Author, Special Edition Using Microsoft Outlook 2003

***Please post all replies to the newsgroups***
 
K

karen

-----Original Message-----
Can anyone tell me how to program the "Out of Office
Reply" to all emails that come in to my in box? I am not
able to find it anywhere in my Outlook 2000 application.
.
here you go....let me know if this helps (outline format
got messed up-sorry).

Auto reply set up

1. turn off word as e mail editor
a. tools
b. options
c. mail format
d. uncheck box
e. ok
2. open new e mail message
3. in the body, type the auto response message
4. save it
a. file
b. save as
i. file name: (name it)
ii. file type: outlook template
c. save
5. close e mail message
6. no you don't want to save it
7. set up rule
a. tools
b. rules wizard
c. new
d. click start from a blank rule
e. highlight check messages when they arrive
f. next
g. check on this machine only
h. next
i. check reply using a specific template
j. click on a specific template in the rules
description box
i. look in: user templates in file system
ii. click on your message
iii. open
k. next
l. next
m. next
n. specify a name for the rule
i. click turn on this rule
ii. finish
8. be sure the correct reply is highlighted
9. ok
 
V

valerie

i try to use the add-ins manager functions as I was told to set up the out of office reply..but i don't know which add-in i need to click on..so i selected all of them one by one,,but still doesn't wokr,,i'm not able to set up an out of office repl
and it's very frustratin
how can i do it
thank

----- Patricia Cardoza - [MVP Outlook] wrote: ----

If you're not using Exchange Server, you won't have that option. You'll hav
to use the Rules Wizard and leave Outlook running and connected to th
Internet

--
Patricia Cardoz
Outlook MV

Author, Special Edition Using Microsoft Outlook 200

***Please post all replies to the newsgroups**
 
H

Hello

Carstonio - did you ever get an answer to your question? I was wondering the same thing.
 

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