How Do I Send Automatic Email Reply Messages While I Am Out Of Town?

[Southerncentralrain]

I use outlook express and was wondering if anybody knew how to do this? Thanks so much in advance.

SCR

 

[SaturnX]

Alrite, this is what you do:

1) Hit New Message, and write in the message that you want sent out to people, don't type in any address, but put a subject, then hit File>Save As> [whatever.eml] (I'll use vacation.eml for this example)

2) Goto the Tools > Message Rules > Mail option.

3) In the first window, scroll to the bottom, and check "For All Messages"

4) In the second window scroll down and check "Reply with Message"

5) In the bottom window, click "message" which is highlighted in blue, and then browse and select the email you saved. Hit OK

6) Type in a name for the Rule, ie: Vacation Auto Responder Hit OK, and then OK again

You're now set, all you have to do is keep Outlook Express Open, and your PC running while you're gone.

Hope this helps you out,

Edit: When you get back, just goto the Tools> Message Rules> Mail and then either Uncheck or Remove the rule you made.


It's the same procedure for Outlook, but wither different menus and such, but generally the same principle with setting up a Rule for all incoming mail.

--Mark

 

[IcemanJer]

and if you don't want to leave your computer turned on while you're out of town, you can check with your ISP and see if they have the auto-reply service available. Usually it would require logging in to the member service page of your ISP and fiddle around with a few email options.