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

How to Enable Automatic Replies

In Outlook for 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.

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.

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