Automatically reply to incoming messages while out of the office

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This feature requires Microsoft Exchange.

1. On the Tools menu, click Out of Office Assistant.
2. Click I am currently Out of the Office.
3. In the AutoReply only once to each sender with the following text box, type the message you want to send to others while you are out.
4. If you want, create rules to manage your incoming mail.

   How?

   This feature requires Microsoft Exchange.

   1. On the Tools menu, click Out of Office Assistant.
   2. Click Add Rule.
   3. Under When a message arrives that meets the following conditions, specify the conditions of the rule that the message must meet for the action to occur.
   4. To specify more conditions, click Advanced, select the options you want, and then click OK.
   5. To specify that this rule must be the last one applied, select the Do not process subsequent rules check box.

      For Help on an option, click Help.

   6. Under Perform these actions, select the options you want. You can select more than one option.

   Note   If you specify that a message must be deleted, rules that follow the delete rule in the list of rules in the Out of Office Assistant dialog box do not affect the message.