Enabling your Outlook 2002-2007 Auto Response Message

Instructions

Note: If your company does not use Microsoft Exchange, you cannot set an auto response message directly within Outlook.  If you complete the first step of these instructions and you do not find Out of Office Assistant listed in the Tools menu, then your Outlook is not using Microsoft Exchange to access email.  You will need to set an auto response message through your webmail tool, as it is usually provided there.  Instructions for some popular webmail providers: Gmail, Yahoo, Hotmail/Windows Live, Comcast

1. Within Outlook, select the Tools pull-down menu and choose Out of Office Assistant (if you don’t see this option, see the note above this)
2. Select I am currently Out of the Office
3. Enter the body of your auto response message (including your AwayFind contact form link).  If you copied this from the Auto Response Tools page, you can paste it here
4. Click OK