Out of Office Assistant

[Michael]

Okay, so when I want to set an "Out of Office" message,
the Help files tell me to go under "Tools" and then select
the "Out of Office Assistant," but . . . that choice
doesn't appear on my menus!!!

Is it simply a matter of not having loaded it originally
when Outlook or Office was installed?!?!

Help..........

 

[Kenneth]

Okay, so when I want to set an "Out of Office" message,
the Help files tell me to go under "Tools" and then select
the "Out of Office Assistant," but . . . that choice
doesn't appear on my menus!!!

Is it simply a matter of not having loaded it originally
when Outlook or Office was installed?!?!

Help..........

Howdy,

The OOOA is part of Exchange Server. Without that, no Out OF Office
Assistant will appear.

HTH,

 

[Lanwench [MVP - Exchange]]

If you don't connect to an Exchange server, there is no automatic out of
office autoreply. You'd have to spoof it with rules, and note that this
means leaving Outlook open, and connected to the internet, for the duration
of your absence.

See http://www.slipstick.com/rules/index.htm for help.

Also see http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=196718 - it explains how to set
up a template so that autoreply fires only once per sender (as Out of Office
does) to avoid mail loops.