Out of Office Automatic Reply in Outlook

Set an Out of Office reply so someone knows you may not be immediately available when they email you.

Be sure to mark that you are out of the office on your calendar, too, to prevent people from trying to schedule meetings while you are out.

Windows Outlook

  1. Click the File menu at the top.
  2. Click Automatic Replies (Out of Office).
  3. Click Send automatic replies.
  4. Click Only send during this time range.
  5. Enter your start date and time and the end date and time.
  6. With the Inside My Organization tab selected, type your out of office message.
  7. Click the OK button.

Mac Outlook

  1. Click the Tools menu at the top.
  2. Click the Out of Office icon.
  3. Click Send automatic replies for account "Uthsc".
  4. Type your out of office message.
  5. Click Send replies only during this time period:.
  6. Enter your start date and time and the end date and time.
  7. Click the OK button.

Webmail (Outlook online)

  1. Click the Gear icon (geat icon) in the upper right corner.
  2. Click View all Outlook settings at the bottom.
  3. Click Mail on the left and then click Automatic relies.
  4. Click the right side of the icon to turn on Automatic replies on.
  5. Click Send replies only during this time period.
  6. Enter your start date and time and the end date and time.
  7. Click in the text box and type your out of office message.
  8. Click the Save button.
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