Set up an out-of-office reply
Set it once, with a clear start and end date, and Outlook handles the rest.
- Open Outlook → File → Automatic Replies (Out of Office).
- Choose “Send automatic replies”.
- Tick “Only send during this time range” and set the start and end date/time.
- Type a short message in the “Inside my organisation” tab.
- Click the “Outside my organisation” tab, tick the box, and add a polite version — one sentence with an urgent contact is enough.
- Click OK. To turn it off early, come back here and choose “Do not send automatic replies”.
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