Out of Office

If you are going to be out of the office for a period of time, say for an afternoon or longer, it is customary to create an Out of Office message (OOF) so that your senders know that you are currently not available.

If you are in an Exchange environment (connect to a Microsoft Exchange mail server):

• In the Inbox, click the Tools Menu, and then click Out of Office Assistant.
• Click I am Currently Out of the Office.
• Type the message you want to send to others while you are out, in the text box.
• Click OK when finished.

If you are a home user, you can use Out of Office but you need to leave Outlook turned on and running in your absence.

If this is not feasible, log onto your webmail and create the away message. Your ISP (Internet Service Provider) should also have this feature available and almost all of them have a webmail feature on their website.