Auto Reply (Outlook XP)

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I am new to Outlook, and need to set up an auto reply to e-mail. I looked in the help menu and it says go to Tools, then “Out of Office Assistant” Im sorry but I don’t show that. How can I do this easily. It was a breeze in Outlook Express.

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The Out of Office assistant is only available if you’re connected to an Exchange server. It is meant to send a reply if you’re away from your PC for a long time (such as a vacation).

You should use the Rules Wizard instead. See screenshot.

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and to add to Hans’s comment – you have to leave Outlook running, for rules to be processed.
I’m assuming you knew that because you do similar things in Outlook Express

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