For business out of the office messages, you'll probably need something a bit more formal :) If it is intended for your personal account, it can be similar to what you see in the screenshot below.
Compose the text for your automatic reply.You do this in the usual way by clicking the New Email button on the Home tab. First, we need to create a template with the out-of-office message that will be automatically sent to people who sent you an email.Okay, let's get cracking! Creating an autoreply message template But be aware that this functionality is available in Outlook 2010 starting from Office 2010 Service Pack 1. You can do this by using an email template in combination with Outlook rules. So, first of all I'd advise you to check with your email provider if it is possible to configure your vacation auto-response on their side.īelow you will find the step-by-step instructions on how to create an out-of-office auto-response without using an Exchange Server account. Gmail or ) allow creating autoreplies directly on their web-sites. Of course, it is not very convenient or may be even unsafe to leave a working machine without any supervision for a long time, but there is no other way. Naturally, your computer must be turned on all this time. Note: In case of POP/IMAP accounts, Outlook should always be running and configured to check intermittently for new messages.
