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Out of Office/Vacation Auto Reply E-mail

Outlook provides an Out of Office Assistant that is used to send "on vacation" or "out of the office" auto replies - a message indication that you may not be able to respond to messages in a timely manner. This can be turned on and customized through the Outlook client and through OWA (Outlook Web Access).

Outlook
  1. Click the Tools menu.
  2. Select Out of Office Assistant.
  3. Select I am currently Out of the Office.
  4. Ttype the message you want to be sent.
  5. Click OK.

To turn it off when you return, follow steps 1 and 2 then select I am currently In the Office.

Outlook Web Access
  1. Click the Options icon on the left side of the OWA screen.
  2. In the Out of Office Assistant section, select I'm currently out of the office. 
  3. Type the message you want to be sent.
  4. Click Save and Close at the top of the Options window.

To turn it off when you return, change the option to I'm currently in the office.

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