How to Set an Out-of-Office Auto-Reply in Outlook

Created by Eric Morgan, Modified on Wed, 20 Aug at 6:42 AM by Eric Morgan

Open Outlook Classic
In your Outlook, go to the "File" tab, select the exchange account for which you need to enable auto-reply from the account drop-down list, and then click "Automatic Replies".
In the opening "Automatic Replies" window, you need to do as follows. Select the "Send automatic replies" option to enable this feature. To send the automatic replies only within a specified time range, check the "Only send during this time range" checkbox and specify the desired start and end times. Tip: If you don't set a time period, your automatic reply remains on until you turn it off by selecting "Don't send automatic replies". If you only want to send automatic replies to the senders inside your organization, stay in the "Inside My Organization" tab. Type in the auto-reply message in the textbox. Click the "OK" button to save the settings.