AUTO REPLY - OUT OF OFFICE REPLY

[Jennifer]

I use windows mail for my business email and would like to set up an
automatic reply or out of office reply to alert anyone who emails me that I
will be on vacation. It is my understanding that windows mail did away with
out of office assistant, which I think stiknks, but is there another way
around this so people emailing me no why they are not hearing back from me?

Any advice is greatly appreciated. Thanks in advance.

 

[Hal Hostetler [MVP-P/I]]

Windows Mail didn't do away with this, Outlook Express, the predecessor
to Windows mail never had this feature to start with. Out of Office is
only included with Microsoft Outlook and even then, it isn't operational
without an account on an Exchange Server. Your best bet is to see if
your ISP offers an Out of Ofice/Vacation response. If your business
email account is, in fact, hosted by an Exchange Server, you need to use
Outlook instead of Windows Mail.

Hal
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