Using Outlook's Out-of-Office feature

You can have Outlook automatically reply to anyone who sends you an email message while you are away from your desk. This is useful for when you are just away for a day or even longer.

1. On the tools menu, click Out of Office Assistant...
2. Click to select "I am currently Out of the Office"
   
   
3. Type in the message you want on your reply.
4. Click on "OK".

When you next start Outlook, you will be presented with the following message to remind you that you have the system turned on: