Can I have Out Of Office come on automatically at a set time?

[Guest]

I use Outlook 2003. If I know I will be out of the office on a given day, is
it possible to set up my Out Of Office message to automatically come on, in
case for example, I forget to set it myself the day before I leave. So if I
know I will be out Wednesday, can I preset my Out Of Office on MOnday to come
on Wednesday, in case I forget to turn it on Tuesday evening?

 

[F. H. Muffman]

I use Outlook 2003. If I know I will be out of the office on a given day,
is
it possible to set up my Out Of Office message to automatically come on,
in
case for example, I forget to set it myself the day before I leave. So if
I
know I will be out Wednesday, can I preset my Out Of Office on MOnday to
come
on Wednesday, in case I forget to turn it on Tuesday evening?

You could upgrade to 2007 which has that feature built into it, no doubt
because enough users said 'You know what we need... a way to turn on OOF on
schedule', but otherwise, if it's an Exchange environment, do it the old
fashioned way... use OWA when you get home and realize you forgot.