typicall Out of Office Message

[Francis Cunningham, Jr.]

Hi,
I am currently using Outlook 2007 and trying to get a basic Out of Office
for an auto reply. I do not have or use Exchange server. The steps I am
using are Tools>Rules and Alerts>New Rule>Start from a Blank and check
messages when they arrive.
The condition is 'Sent only to Me' then I use a template I found at Microsoft.
I seem to have all the steps but no one gets my auto reply. Any help?
Frank

 

[ybS2okj]

Are you surprised that no one gets your auto reply? If so let me ask you
one thing: How can anyone get anything from you if your system is offline?
The whole idea of Out of Office reply is to let people know that you are in
fact out of office. This is normally handled by MS Exchange Server or
similar mail servers that are online all the time 24/7 and you say you don't
have or use any servers.

Your ISP should have something similar and you can access this facility via
their web interface. I suggest contact them if they can help.

If you are using Yahoo or Hotmail then perhaps we can help you otherwise you
are all on your own.

hth

 

[Brian Tillman [MVP-Outlook]]

I am currently using Outlook 2007 and trying to get a basic Out of Office
for an auto reply. I do not have or use Exchange server. The steps I am
using are Tools>Rules and Alerts>New Rule>Start from a Blank and check
messages when they arrive.
The condition is 'Sent only to Me' then I use a template I found at
Microsoft.
I seem to have all the steps but no one gets my auto reply. Any help?

Two things to keep in mind: 1) you must leave your PC and Outlook running at
all times while you want the automatic reply to work and 2) each recipient
will get only one copy of the message. Outlook remembers who has received an
automatic reply and won't send them more than one.

See of the information here helps:
http://www.slipstick.com/rules/autoreply.htm