Setting out of office autoreplies on Outlook for Mac

Out of office repliies are messages that are sent back to people who send you E-mail messages, generally to let them know that you are out of the office that day. They can be set with a few simple steps:

  1. Click on "Tools"
  2. Select "Out of Office"
  3. Enter the message you want people to see when they send you an E-mail
  4. If you want to set a date, or a message for people not E-mailing from WSU addresses, click on "more options" if the options aren't already displayed.
  5. If you want to set a date range for the autoreply, check "I am out of the office between" and select the correct dates.
  6. If you want to send a message to people outside of WSU, check "send replies outside my company to" and select your preferred option.
  7. Enter the reply you would like to be sent to people outside of WSU.
  8. Click "OK"