How Do I Set an Out of Office or Automatic Reply in Outlook?

When you are out of the office, Outlook's Automatic Replies (Out of Office) allows you to send automated responses to emails you receive from both on and outside of campus. You can set automatic replies from the Outlook desktop app as well as the Outlook web app.

 

Set Up an Automatic Reply in Outlook Desktop

  1. Open the Outlook app > click File in the upper left.
     
  2. Select Automatic Replies. 

     
  3. Choose when you want to use automatic replies and write your out of office message.

     
    • Select the Outside My Organization tab to automatically reply to non-UWSP email addresses.

       
  4. Click OK.

 

Set Up an Automatic Reply in Outlook for the Web

  1. Open Outlook for the web in a browser.
     
  2. Click the Settings icon  in the upper right.
     
  3. Select Account > Automatic Replies.

     
  4. Toggle Automatic replies on and select when you want to send the automatic replies.

     
    • Click the Send replies outside of your organization checkbox to send automatic replies to non-UWSP email addresses. You can draft a different message for individuals outside the organization.

       
  5. Click Save.

 

Contact the IT Service Desk for additional help!

 

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