Auto Response

[Guest]

Just upgraded to Office 2007 and there is no Office Assistant. Need to set up
Auto Response, tried in Rules & alerts but will not allow data entry

 

[Brian Tillman]

Just upgraded to Office 2007 and there is no Office Assistant. Need
to set up Auto Response, tried in Rules & alerts but will not allow
data entry

If you're not connected to an Exchange server, you won't have the Out of
Office Assistant.. Define "won't allow data entry". Exactly what are you
trying and exactly what happens?

 

[Guest]

I am trying to set up an "Auto response" but not having any luck, I have
tried the "Help" and not seen the answer . . . Thank you for your response .
.. . Dominic

 

[Gordon]

I am trying to set up an "Auto response" but not having any luck,

But are you connected to Exchange Server?

 

[Joe Grover]

Are you on a network with an Exchange server? The Out-of-Office Assistant
is only available if you are connecting via Exchange. You can configure
Outlook to sort of simulate this activity by using Rules and leaving your
internet connection active and your Outlook running. Details can be found
here:

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/311107

However you should realize that spammers often use auto-responders/replies
to their spam to "confirm" your email address, so doing this could increase
the amount of spam you are getting. If you are not connected to an Exchange
server and instead are trying to do this using your ISP email, you should
contact your ISP to see if they can perform an automated Away message, and
if so if they do so AFTER mail has gone through their spam filter.

Joe

 

[Guest]

I am not sure, possibly not and would not know how to find out

 

[Guest]

Thank you Joe, ok I understand now what the problem is and will have to
reconsider whether I want to use this feature based on "spam" which I hade
not considered, thank you for your input . . . Dominic

 

[Joe Grover]

If you go to Tools -> Email Accounts, then View or Change Existing Accounts,
it will list your email accounts. If it's just an ISP mail account it will
likely be listed as POP3/SMTP. An Exchange account will say Microsoft
Exchange.

Joe