Configure Auto-reply mail option in Outlook

When you are going for vacation then it will be useful if you set auto-reply for your mail account, So that senders will know you are out of work. And if it is emergency then they will find useful info in your auto-reply msg and will take appropriate actions.

Follow the below steps to configure auto-reply
Step A :
1. Start a new message.
2. Type the Subject(Auto-Reply) and message of your auto-reply.
3. Select File --> Save As... from the menu. Make sure Outlook Template is selected under Save as type
4. Click Save.
Step B :
1. Select Tools --> Rules and Alerts from the menu in the main Outlook window.
2. Click New Rule
3. Select check messages when they arrive from Start from a blank rule and Click Next.
4. Check Where my name is in the To box under Select action(s) and Click Next.
5. Check reply using a specific template under Select action(s) and
6. Click on a specific template under Edit the rule description.
7. Select User Templates and browse the template saved previously by you(Step-A) and Click Open and Click Next.
8. Check Except if it is an Out of Office message under Select exception(s) and Click Next.
9. Give the Name of the auto-reply rule and Check the turn on this rule
10. Click Finish.

Note : Please kindly observe that all the above steps are for outlook -2007