Out of Office replies are automated responses that you can set during any time range. If you do not set a time range, you will send an automated response to every email sent to your mailbox until you turn it off.
- Click Tools > Out of Office
- In the Autoreply Settings window, check Send automatic replies for account
- Enter your automatic reply message in the box labeled Reply once to each sender with:
- If you want the automatic message to send only during a specific time period listed check Only send replies during this time period:, then enter the start and end dates as desired
- If you want your automatic reply to send to non-@northwestern.edu email addresses check Also send replies to senders outside my organization; if left unchecked, only @northwestern.edu addresses will receive an automatic reply
- Enter your automatic reply message for non-@northwestern addresses in the box labeled Reply once to each external sender with:
- Click OK
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